The management of patients’ pain in wound care
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The management of patients’ pain in wound care

Helen Hollinworth Senior teaching practitioner, Faculty of Health, Suffolk College, Ipswich

This article raises professional awareness of patients’ experiences of pain at wound dressing change, and provides nurses with practical strategies that enable them to minimise the pain and trauma experienced by patients during wound care procedures.

Nursing Standard. 20, 7, 65-73. doi: 10.7748/ns2005.10.20.7.65.c3988

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helenhollinworth@suffolk.ac.uk

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This article has been subject to double blind peer review

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