title: The management of venous leg ulcers: a project to improve care.
abstract: This article describes a two-year project to develop resources for the improvement of leg ulcer management. It was felt that an audit tool and complementary resources, such as a resource pack and implementation guide, could help practitioners to implement clinical guidelines on leg ulcer management in practice. The audit results from the pilot project are briefly described and discussed in terms of informing future work.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Nursing, University of Leeds. clare.morrell@rcn.org.uk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morrell
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cheater
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dealey
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000451:nursing*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014945:Wound Healing