Online Companion: Nursing Fundamentals: Caring & Clinical Decision Making

Web Sites
Chapter 36: Skin Integrity and Wound Healing

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
www.ahrq.gov
Provides clinical guidance on skin care and many other conditions.

National Decubitus Foundation
http://www.decubitus.org
Describes pressure ulcer prevention and treatment.

National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
http://www.npuap.org
National consortium devoted to skin and wound care.

Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society
http://www.wocn.org
Provides clinical advice, information about membership, and conferences.

Wound Care Society
http://www.woundcaresociety.org/
From the United Kingdom, provides information about membership; clinical information available for purchase.

Wound Healing Society
http://www.woundheal.org
Site of professional journal, Wound Repair and Regeneration.