Incidence and Predictors of Incontinence-Associated Skin Damage in Nursing Home Residents With New-Onset Incontinence

Donna Z Bliss1, Michelle A Mathiason, Olga Gurvich

  • 1Donna Z. Bliss, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Michelle A. Mathiason, MS, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Olga Gurvich, MS, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kay Savik, MS, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lynn E. Eberly, PhD, School of Public Health Division of Biostatistics, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jessica Fisher, BSN, RN, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kjerstie R. Wiltzen, BSN, BA, RN, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Haley Akermark, BSN, RN, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Amanda Hildebrandt, BA, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Megan Jacobson, BSN, RN, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Taylor Funk, BSN, RN, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Amanda Beckman, BSN, RN, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Reed Larson, BSN, RN, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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