Pinning quality care on OR nurses
Suzanne Bonner RN, CMSRN, BSN

$7.95 		OR Nurse 2013
January 2009 
Volume 3  Number 1
Pages 32 - 37
 
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Bonner, Suzanne RN, CMSRN, BSN

Issue: Volume 3(1), January 2009, p 32–37 Publication Type: [Feature] Publisher: © 2009 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. Institution(s): Suzanne Bonner is an orthopedic staff nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital For certain types of fractures, external fixators may still be the best treatment option. Effective and quality nursing care are the keys to ensuring positive patient outcomes. Figure. No caption available.

External fixation is a method of immobilizing an extremity using percutaneous pins or wires that are anchored in the bone and attached to a frame on the outside of the skin. The pins or wires are used to stabilize, secure, and ensure anatomical alignment of the bone as well as to provide optimal healing time. (See EF device .) External fixators (EFs) are used to slowly correct congenital or acquired bone and cartilage deformities. (See Indications for using an EF .) External fixation allows for small, open incisions, distal or proximal stabilization of the injury ...

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