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The management of pain in wound care

09 December 1998

Nursing Standard

Tissue viability supplement

Most wounds cause pain to some extent. Sometimes, pain can be severe and ongoing, while at others it may occur only with the initial injury or during an infection -...

Healing cavity wounds with negative pressure

30 October 1996

Nursing Standard

Special focus: tissue viability

Traditionally, cavity wounds are allowed to heal by secondary intention aided by packing with a wound dressing (Dawson et al 1992). In the past, ribbon gauze was the...

Treating leg ulcers with high pressure irrigation devices

30 October 1996

Nursing Standard

Special focus: tissue viability

The management of chronic leg ulcers is extremely costly both financially and in terms of human suffering. Although all leg ulcers are colonised by microorganisms,...

Central line exit sites: which dressing?

19 August 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Recent developments in dressings for intravenous access sites include a transparent dressing which does not retain moisture. This article describes a randomised...

Three steps to effective wound care

26 August 1998

Nursing Standard

Wound care

Patients with chronic wounds such as pressure sores and leg ulcers pose many challenges to nurses caring for them. There are many causes of chronic wounds and...

The management of infected wounds

10 December 1997

Nursing Standard

Special focus: tissue viability

The diagnosis of wound infection is problematic in clinical practice. Traditional signs of redness, heat, localised oedema and pain may in fact be part of a...

Evaluating the effectiveness of wound management products

19 October 2011

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Evaluating and selecting wound management products is an important aspect of a tissue viability nurse’s role. This article describes how the Association of Tissue...

Wound care considerations in neonates

16 July 2014

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Wound care management is a complex issue when caring for the neonate. An understanding of the anatomy and physiology of neonatal skin is necessary to recognise and...

Undertaking a structured assessment of a hard-to-heal wound

27 August 2024

Nursing Standard

Effective practice

A thorough, holistic wound assessment is essential to identify the aetiology of a hard-to-heal wound and formulate a diagnosis, which will underpin the treatment...