title: Orthopaedic plaster casting: nurse and patient education.
abstract: Orthopaedic casts are used in the management of fractures and to support and correct deformities. The application and removal of plaster casts is a skill requiring knowledge, judgement and sensitivity. Nurses need to have a good working knowledge of the main principles of plaster casting to ensure safety and provide patients with appropriate advice and information about how to care for casts and how to recognise possible complications.
authors.affiliation: Parkside Hospital, Wimbledon. eszter.bakody@parkside-hospital.co.uk
authors.forename: Eszter
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bakody
mesh_terms: D002370:Casts, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012449:Safety; D016474:Weight-Bearing