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Holly Kirkland-Kyhn1, Sunniva Zaratkiewicz, Oleg Teleten
1Holly Kirkland-Kyhn is the director of wound care in the Patient Care Services Department of the University of California, Davis, Medical Center in Sacramento, where Oleg Teleten is a wound care specialist. Sunniva Zaratkiewicz is the director of clinical education, nursing research, and accreditation at Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle. Heather M. Young is dean of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California, Davis, and associate vice chancellor for nursing at UC Davis Health. Contact author: Holly Kirkland-Kyhn, kirklandwalsh@ucdavis.edu. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Abstract:
: This article is part of a series, Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone, published in collaboration with the AARP Public Policy Institute. Results of focus groups, conducted as part of the AARP Public Policy Institute's No Longer Home Alone video project, supported evidence that family caregivers aren't given the information they need to manage the complex care regimens of family members. This series of articles and accompanying videos aims to help nurses provide caregivers with the tools they need to manage their family member's health care at home.The articles in this new installment of the series provide simple and useful instructions that nurses should reinforce with family caregivers who perform wound care tasks. Each article also includes an informational tear sheet-Information for Family Caregivers-that contains links to instructional videos. To use this series, nurses should read the article first, so they understand how best to help family caregivers, and then encourage caregivers to watch the videos and ask questions. For additional information, see Resources for Nurses.
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