title: Venous disease treatment and compliance: the nursing role.
abstract: This article explores the numerous factors that influence compliance in the management of venous disease. The nurse's/health practitioner's role is highlighted as being pivotal in promoting compliance or non-compliance. The literature suggests there are many components that influence compliance, varying from impersonal relationships, treatment regimes and psychosocial influences. This implies that compliance is a shared responsibility between the healthcare practitioner/nurse and the patient. Holistic assessment incorporating negotiated care plans will provide the foundation of a partnership in care. Nurses have a responsibility to empower the patients with the necessary knowledge and skills to enable them to be an active participant in their own treatment/life regimes. Nurse education is key to effective, tolerable treatments that are acceptable to patients.
authors.affiliation: Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, Essex.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Furlong
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*