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A quality improvement programme to reduce pressure ulcers

15 July 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article outlines an innovative way of preventing pressure ulcers in the acute hospital setting. A programme using Rapid Spread Methodology was undertaken to...

Delayed wound healing: in whom, what, when and why?

01 March 2008

Primary Health Care

CPD

For a variety of reasons, some wounds take longer than anticipated to heal, or do not heal at all. Delayed or impaired healing may occur with wounds such as leg...

Recording pressure ulcer risk assessment and incidence

15 July 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article reports on the introduction of an innovative computer-based system developed to record and report pressure ulcer risk and incidence at an acute NHS...

Strategies to improve the prevention of pressure ulcers

01 November 2010

Nursing Older People

Feature

This article outlines the actions taken by one acute trust to implement evidence-based, best practice recommendations for pressure ulcer prevention. Initially, an...

Debridement of diabetic foot wounds

15 February 2012

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The management of foot ulcers in patients with diabetes is a complex and increasingly common problem. This article outlines the core principles of best practice for...

Nutrition in pressure ulcer management

01 November 2006

Primary Health Care

Continuing professional development

This article reflects upon the role and importance of nutrition in pressure ulcer management. The nutritional care provided by the local community nursing team is...

Introducing students to clinical audit

28 October 2015

Nursing Management

Art & Science

It is more than a decade since the UK Central Council for Nursing Midwifery and Health Visiting said that engaging with clinical audit is ‘the business of every...

The role of antiseptics in pressure ulcer management

19 October 2011

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Pressure ulcers are areas of localised tissue damage and are associated with increased morbidity. The presence of infection further increases the risk of tissue...

Effects of venous leg ulceration on patients’ quality of life

23 May 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

This article reviews the literature on quality of life of people with venous leg ulcers. Research indicates that, in most people, chronic ulceration is a continuous...

Managing a patient’s diabetic foot ulcer

01 February 2013

Primary Health Care

Art & Science

Preventing foot problems in people with diabetes has been a priority in the UK over the past ten years, but research highlighting a lack of specialist diabetes...

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