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An essential guide to managing seated patients in the community. British journal of community nursing [Br J Community Nurs] Journal article

 
Collins F 
An essential guide to managing seated patients in the community. [Journal Article]
Br J Community Nurs 2008 Mar; 13(3):S39-40, S42-3, S45-6.


More and more clinicians working in the community are faced with the difficult task of advising and solving patients' seating problems. Frequently, important education on the relationship between sitting and pressure damage is unavailable, which results in people often making inadvisable choices on seating solutions and as a consequence, spending large sums of money which is then wasted. This article aims to provide clinicians with basic information on the relationship between sitting and pressure damage, how to conduct a simple seating assessment and what different types of armchairs are available for purchase.



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