Caring for dry and damaged skin in the community.
Community nurses are ideally place to fully utilize nurse prescribing to improve the accessibility to emollient therapy for any patient with dry skin, regardless of cause. Skin diseases affect 23% of the general population and patients accessing care in the primary setting contribute to 15-20% of general practice appointments.
Peters
J
J
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust, London.
D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000451:nursing*