Nursing treatment of patients with chronic leg ulcers in the community

Brenda Roe; J M Griffiths; M Kenrick; N A Cullum; J L Button

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.1994.tb00381.x

Nursing treatment of patients with chronic leg ulcers in the community

Brenda Roe, J M Griffiths, M Kenrick, N A Cullum, J L Button

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A descriptive survey of current reported practice by 146 community nurses for their nursing treatment of leg ulcers was undertaken. Sixty-four per cent of nurses reported they would apply compression bandages to only venous ulcers; in only 23% of cases could the products described achieve an adequate level of compression. A variety of modern wound dressings were used by the nurses; 89% of nurses reported using a combination of different products layered over the ulcer. There is no evidence that this has any beneficial effect and could therefore be a potential waste of money, as well as contributing to allergic skin reactions. It would be useful if primary-health-care teams and Family Health Service Authority information pharmacists formulated protocols based upon effective treatments for patients with chronic leg ulcers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	159-168
Journal	Journal of Clinical Nursing
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.1994.tb00381.x
Publication status	Published - 1994

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Nursing treatment of patients with chronic leg ulcers in the community

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