National survey of Irish community nurses leg ulcer management practices and knowledge.
This survey of found that while many aspects of Irish community nurses leg ulcer management complied with current guidelines, there was a worrying lack of understanding about the key concepts underlying compression therapy.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001458:Bandages; D019985:Benchmarking; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D053828:Stockings, Compression; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000451:nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data