Practice update on nursing care and pressure ulcers
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Practice update on nursing care and pressure ulcers

Lynne Pearce Health journalist

Recommendations propose standardised, evidence-based care pathways and revised wound categorisation

Pressure ulcers are localised damage to skin or underlying tissue, caused by pressure, or pressure in combination with shear.

Primary Health Care. 34, 2, 12-13. doi: 10.7748/phc.34.2.12.s5

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