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Dressing wounds

17 June 1998

Nursing Standard

RCN continuing education

This article describes the choice and method of application of wound dressing in a variety of situations. The types of wounds covered include those in awkward areas,...

Wound debridement: evaluating the costs

14 February 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Debridement is the technique used to remove slough and necrotic tissues that can prevent or delay wound healing. The authors compare the published evidence on the...

Larval therapy

02 February 2000

Nursing Standard

CPD

Larval therapy – the use of maggots as a form of wound care – has been shown to be an effective and fast way to treat some wounds. This article describes how this...

The use of fly larvae in the treatment of wounds

10 December 1997

Nursing Standard

Special focus: tissue viability

Chronic wounds, whether leg, pressure or diabetic foot ulcers, are a source of frustration for the nursing profession. They occupy a great deal of nursing time and...

Dressing wounds

01 July 1998

Emergency Nurse

Continuing education

Aim and intended learning outcomes The aim of this article is to update nurses’ knowledge on the variety of modern wound dressings available, and the practical...

Dressing wounds

01 July 1999

Nursing Older People

Dressing wounds

Aims and outcomes The aim of this article is to update nurses’ knowledge on the variety of modern wound dressings available, and the practical application of these...

Dressing wounds

01 November 2000

Primary Health Care

CPD

Aims and intended learning outcomes The aim of this article is to update nurses’ knowledge on the variety of modern wound dressings available, and the practical...