Your guide to assessing and managing wounds
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Your guide to assessing and managing wounds

Lynne Pearce Health journalist

Wound types you will encounter in practice, how to assess them and select appropriate dressings, and what prevents wound healing

Managing wounds is a fundamental aspect of nursing care, but there is marked variation across UK services, according to NHS England’s National Wound Care Strategy Programme.

Nursing Standard. 38, 2, 57-58. doi: 10.7748/ns.38.2.57.s17

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