Skin tears

Skin tears are a serious, painful problem for older patients. Find out how your staff can recognize patients at risk, what they can do to prevent skin tears, and how to manage them effectively if they occur.     

Senescent Skin

The cutaneous surface is continually influenced by aging and environmental factors. A longer life span is accompanied by an increase in the frequency of problems associated with aging skin. Although most of these changes and lesions are not life threatening, the premalignant lesions must be recognized and treated. The common aging and actinic skin changes are discussed and appropriate management is described.     

Skin vaccination

Skin is an immunologically active organ composed of various immunocompetent cells and draining lymph nodes. Especially, Langerhans cells(LCs) are located in the outer layer of the skin and play the role of sentinels. Therefore, LCs could be an ideal targets of vaccination. Recently, many studies have demonstrated that the topical application of antigens on the skin induced both humoral and cellular immune responses. This emerging needle-free vaccination route would have various clinical merits and could be highly promising.     

Skin cancer

The incidence of skin cancer is increasing and nurses are in an ideal position to help patients prevent and identify the disease at an early stage.