Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research1735-906615020110319395395ENMSc,Department of Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.MSc Student, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.MSc, Department of Internal Surgery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.MSc, Department of Community Medicine, school of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.20110319<ul><li><div class="abstract"><strong>BACKGROUND</strong><strong>:</strong> Veterans are among the highly-susceptible and highly-esteemed groups of the society.<strong> </strong>there is no correct, principled, and comprehensive programming with respect to home-nursing care for them<strong>.</strong></div></li><li><div class="abstract"><strong>METHODS</strong><strong>:</strong> In this quasi-experimental study, 26 veterans with spinal cord complications, with a 70-percent damage who were resident of Najaf Abad, Iran were concluded. The data were gathered by a checklist consisted of two parts, the first part included the demographic data and the second part consisted of Para-clinical (clinical findings) assessment of the veterans suffering from urinary infection, laboratorial assessments, and assessing the bedsores. The researcher visited all the veterans and completed the checklist by interviewing them.</div></li><li><div class="abstract"><strong>RESULTS</strong><strong>:</strong> The mean age of the veterans was 45 (5.1) years and the highest frequency (53.8%) belonged to the age range of 40-44 years. The mean number of the family members was 4.4 people.<strong> </strong>The veterans who had paraplegia damage included 88.6%. Considering the damage rate, the highest frequency (69.2%) belonged to thoracic vertebra level.<strong> </strong>all the 26 veterans had been suffering from urinal infection before the managerial intervention<strong>; </strong>however 20 subjects (76.9%) had urinal infection after the intervention.</div></li><li><div class="abstract"><strong>CONCLUSIONS</strong><strong>:</strong> It can be stated that pressure wounds are preventable and these caring measures can be offered to susceptible groups of the community in a better and cheaper way if more studies are done with a closer contact and a higher number of samples in addition to have unison among the community-based systems.</div></li><li><div class="abstract"><strong>KEY WORDS</strong><strong>:</strong> Veterans, spinal cord complications, community health nursing care.</div></li></ul>http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/view/395http://ijnmr.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijnmr/article/download/395/295