Act now to reduce impact of staffing crisisWound Care Nursing
News, practice and discussion forums for tissue viability nurses
Pressure ulcers
Back to the floor for continence care
Continence care rounds were introduced to provide education to staff and patients at the bedside. The initiative has promoted toileting and reduced disposable pant use
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'How do we close the research-practice gap?'
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'True commitment is needed to prevent pressure ulcers'
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Sustaining pressure ulcer prevention in practice
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Oral zinc for arterial and venous leg ulcers
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How should Francis change nursing practice?
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FAQs on leg ulcer care
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Compression hosiery to reduce leg ulcer recurrence
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Types of substance misuse and risk factors
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A strategy to reduce avoidable pressure ulcers
Skin tears
Preventing, assessing and managing skin tears
Skin tears can become chronic wounds if they are not treated appropriately, and are a growing problem as the number of older people increases.
cleaning wounds
Infection control
How should Francis change nursing practice?
The Francis report into failings at Mid Staffordshire includes many recommendations, some of which can be acted on immediately
Behind the Headlines
'Realistic' robot legs revealed
BBC News has heralded the “most realistic robot legs” ever developed, in a headline that could raise hopes of sci-fi style exoskeletal limbs to help disabled people.
Opinion
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'I would like to see equal recognition of the contribution of nurses'
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'Be clear about your motivation for the profession'
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'Seeing an inspirational tutor on the ward and in class made me see the link between doing and thinking'
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'The role of the practice nurse has changed a lot'
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'The knowledge just seems to be clicking into place'
Latest research
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Sustaining pressure ulcer prevention in practice
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How should Francis change nursing practice?
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Evidence on NSAID use in soft tissue injuries
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Introducing care rounds using Rapid Spread
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Methods of skin antisepsis for preventing SSIs
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Using Rapid Spread to achieve change in practice
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Using negative pressure therapy in wound healing
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Nursing care planning in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
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Identifying research priorities in wound care
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A strategy to reduce avoidable pressure ulcers
News
Online CPD
Favourites from the archive
Back to the basics of wound care: why nurses should question their practice
One in 10 patients entering an acute hospital develops a health-care-associated infection, 9% of which are wound infections (DH, 2003). The annual cost of treating such infections puts an additional burden on limited NHS resources. This article discusses current thinking on dealing with infected wounds and highlights methods of preventing cross-infection.
