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Skin, Mouth and Eye Assessment and Hygiene in the Critically Ill Patient

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Tissue viability care is required whenever there is a potential or actual risk to tissue health. Tissue health is affected by both irreversible and reversible factors. One irreversible factor is the ageing process. Reversible factors include poor perfusion, oxygenation and nutrition.

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Tissue viability care is required whenever there is a potential or actual risk to tissue health. Tissue health is affected by both irreversible and reversible factors - therefore, reducing these threats promotes tissue health. One irreversible factor is the ageing process. Reversible factors include poor perfusion, oxygenation and nutrition.

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Lydia Nabwami
Lydia Nabwami is registered nurse who has worked in various healthcare settings including cardiac ward, cardiac critical care unit (ITU), general ITU, A&E department, nursing homes and community nursing. She uses her experience as a RN to write well-researched content that helps to attract and motivate audiences. Lydia is also a freelance writer for hire with specialisation in health writing and has helped numerous companies with their content needs. Her work has appeared on sites such as Caring Village, Reachout, Lisa Nelson RD and more. When she isn’t writing, you can find her listening to motivational speeches, keeping active or playing with her two daughters. Contact Lydia or visit her website at Lnwritingservices.co.uk for more information on her services.
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The article Skin,mouth and eye assessment and hygiene in the critically ill patient provide very clear guidelines on assessment and management of these area,s
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