title: Working the system.
abstract: This article describes the care given to a patients with a chronic leg ulcer during the author's supervised practice as a student district nurse. The Roper, Logan and Tierney (1996) model of nursing was used as a basis to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care given.
authors.affiliation: Fosse Health NHS Trust, Leicester.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001458:Bandages; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D014945:Wound Healing