Treatments and healing rates in a community leg ulcer clinic.
Leg ulcer management is increasingly becoming a nurse-led specialty with practitioners implementing evidence-based care that is efficient, effective and resourceful. A large percentage of patients with leg ulceration are treated in the community. This article will discuss the healing rates and management of venous leg ulcers, many of which were longstanding problems, in a community leg ulcer clinic.
Chaloner
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Walsall Community Health Trust, West Midlands.
Noirit
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D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000451:nursing*; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012008:Recurrence; D006113:United Kingdom; D014945:Wound Healing