title: Caring for patients with difficult-to-heal ulcers.
abstract: This article presents Coloplast's chronic wound care guide for community nurses, in which wound management is described in terms of assessment, treatment and reassessment. Choosing the optimal wound dressing is explained separately. Three case studies are used to demonstrate the use of the guide. Using the guide as a framework is straightforward and easily interpreted by health professionals with varying levels of wound care knowledge and experience, therefore enabling health care professionals to use evidence based practice to improve patient outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Buckinghamshire PCT Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross Hospital, UK. susan.knight@buckshosp.nhs.uk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vogensen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Haase
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002198:Capillary Fragility; D004485:Eczema / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004643:Emollients / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*
chemical_list: D004643:Emollients