Author:
Benjamin Ellen,Giuliano Karen K.
Abstract
This is the fifth article in a series on nurse innovators, which focuses whenever possible on nurse–engineer partnerships and outlines working, replicable models of collaboration between the two disciplines. In this installment, we profile Katherine N. Scafide, a forensic nurse and researcher, who has partnered with engineers over many years to improve bruise detection in patients with dark skin tone.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
General Medicine,General Nursing
Reference3 articles.
1. Determining the relationship between skin color, sex, and subcutaneous fat and the change in bruise color over time [PhD dissertation];Scafide,2012
2. Improving the forensic documentation of injuries through alternate light: a researcher-practitioner partnership;Scafide;J Forensic Nurs,2023
3. Development and pilot analysis of the Bruise Visibility Scale;Scafide;SAGE Open Nurs,2021