Promoting healthy skin in various settings

Skin recently has attained a status of importance among vital organs. Consumers, insurance companies, legislators, and regulatory agencies expect that skin health will be maintained, improved, or restored. As health care providers cut costs in response to new payment systems, interventions for skin and wound care must be evidence-based and cost-effective. A comprehensive healthy skin program, guided by the Center for Advanced Nursing Practice's Evidence-Based Practice Model, was designed and implemented by a skin wound ostomy continence nurse coordinator with successful outcomes, including expansion of the program into diverse settings throughout the community.