Internet education for spinal cord injury patients: focus on urinary management.

The goal of this project was to develop a Web site with articles that focus on urinary self-care management for those with spinal cord injuries. The investigator wrote 18 articles on topics that were selected by two review panels--one whose members have long-term spinal cord injuries and another consisting of rehabilitation nurses. The panel members critically reviewed the articles for content and topic.

Research insights. Part III.

This section of Research Insights focused on the Methods section of quasiexperimental or experimental studies. This section described the design, subjects, setting, instruments, procedures, and statistical analysis of the data. The researcher considers this section of the study carefully to ensure the internal integrity of the study, thus permitting generalization of study results for professional nursing practice.

Research insights.

In any research study, the literature review and the theoretical or conceptual framework guide the development of the subsequent research questions and hypotheses. Both professional nurses and researchers evaluate the research article and its applicability to practice. This article presented the purpose of the theoretical framework or conceptual framework in a study, plus the purpose for the review of the literature.

Pressure sore and skin tear prevention and treatment during a 10-month program.

This article reports the results of a 10-month skin care program for 30 clients on a residential Alzheimer's disease unit. The majority (n = 26) of the clients were free of pressure sores and skin tears through preventive care during this study. Four clients with Stage I pressure sores and/or skin tears were successfully identified by consistent assessment and healed quickly due to rapidly initiated treatments.