title: Nurses' education and skills in bandaging the lower limb.
abstract: Given that community nurses are the primary professional carers of patients presenting with leg ulcers, this article considers and argues for nurses to be educated once more in the precise skills of bandaging the lower limb. Although in the early part of the 20th century bandaging techniques were precisely taught as part of basic nurse education, modern nursing texts and curriculum fail to give the subject the attention it deserves to ensure patients receive high-quality care.
authors.affiliation: Wound Care, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Penn
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D011361:Professional Competence; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000451:nursing*