An holistic approach to turning patients
Susan Hawkins Senior Physiotherapist in Acute Rehabilitation
Katharine Stone Senior Physiotherapist in Neurology
Lisa Plummer Senior Physiotherapist in Respiratory Care.
Turning patients who are immobile is usually undertaken expressly to prevent pressure sores. Here the authors highlight some of the other factors that need to be taken into account when nursing dependent and/or immobile patients.
Nursing Standard.
14, 3, 51-56.
doi: 10.7748/ns1999.10.14.3.51.c2689
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