Wound Debridement: And Other Recommended Reading from AJN’s December Issue
This month’s cover photo shows a surgeon performing a total knee arthroplasty. See our “On the Cover” column for more.
The December issue of AJN is now live.
This month’s CE, “Evidence-Informed Nursing Clinical Practices for Wound Debridement,” provides nurses with a wound management framework, an overview of wound debridement options based on the potential for wound healing, and scope of practice considerations for developing a plan of care.
Two Original Research articles in this issue explore aspects of care following orthopedic surgery:
- “Improving Pain Assessment After Inpatient Orthopedic Surgery: A Comparison of Two Scales”: This study compared the commonly used Numeric Rating Scale with the Interventional Pain Assessment scale to determine which scale patients and their nurses prefer. (Open Access)
- “Changes in Sleep Quality After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review”: The authors examine the relationship between sleep quality and pain following this procedure.
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