EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF PRESSURE
ULCERS
by
MARY BETH FLYNN MAKIC
B.S.N., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1985
M.S., University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1992
A thesis submitted to the
Faculty of the Graduate School of the
University of Colorado in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
School of Nursing
2007
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, This thesis for the Doctor of Philosophy degree by
Mary Beth Flynn Makic
has been approved for the
School of Nursing
by
Lauren Clark, Chair
JoAnn G. Congdon, Advisor
Cathy J. Thompson
Kathleen S. Oman
Janet Houser
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ULCERS
by
MARY BETH FLYNN MAKIC
B.S.N., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1985
M.S., University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1992
A thesis submitted to the
Faculty of the Graduate School of the
University of Colorado in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
School of Nursing
2007
Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
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Makic, Mary Beth Flynn
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and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized
copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion.
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Mary Beth Flynn Makic
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, This thesis for the Doctor of Philosophy degree by
Mary Beth Flynn Makic
has been approved for the
School of Nursing
by
Lauren Clark, Chair
JoAnn G. Congdon, Advisor
Cathy J. Thompson
Kathleen S. Oman
Janet Houser
ii
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