title: Port wine stains: laser treatment and nursing management.
abstract: In 1960, an American physicist Theodore Maiman observed the first laser in action. Since then laser technology has progressed at an extraordinary rate. This article shows how one type of laser has touched the lives of thousands of people. The Candela tunable dye laser has given hope to people with port wine stain birthmarks. It also shows the duties and responsibilities of the nurse working with lasers and the possibility of the extended role of the nurse in the field of skin laser therapy.
authors.affiliation: Bedford Hospital NHS Trust.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education; D019339:Port-Wine Stain / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*