title: Using a bandage pressure monitor as an aid in improving bandaging skills.
abstract: This prospective study used a bandage pressure monitor to assess the bandaging skills of 16 nurses caring for patients with venous leg ulcers. Baseline measurements showed that only 50% of the nurses demonstrated bandaging skills that were adequate to good. However, by the end of the feedback/post-training session, 81% of those examined had reached this standard and this figure rose to 86% on recall. These data seem to support the view that the use of a pressure monitor is a useful adjunct in the teaching of bandaging skills.
authors.affiliation: Salford Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Willows Centre for Healthcare, UK.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Said
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000451:nursing*; D008365:Manometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011312:Pressure; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014159:Transducers