Introducing and auditing a nurse-led leg ulcer service.
Leg ulcers have a significant impact on quality of life, and represent a major treatment cost for health services. Improved healing rates benefit patients and health service provision. Nurse-led clinics provide an appropriate setting for treatment.
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North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Stevenage.
D001458:Bandages; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D015993:Life Tables; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011788:Quality of Life; D014945:Wound Healing