title: Wound bed preparation: a survey of general nurses' understanding.
abstract: This article will discuss the clinician's knowledge of wound assessment based on electronic voting responses gathered at the Journal of Wound Care conference, ''Wound Expo', held in September 2015. Data were gathered on aspects such as demographic data, experience and opinions. Each workshop lasted 45 minutes and they were designed purposely to be interactive and inclusive. The session was repeated ten times over the 2-day period. A total number of 196 delegates participated in the voting and amongst the questions posed they were asked to consider which term most suited their skill set and understanding, that of 'debridement' or 'desloughing'. Of the respondents, 91% stated that they felt most confident in desloughing.
authors.affiliation: Head of Clinical Services Urgo Medical and Honorary Tissue Viability Nurse, Worcestershire Health and Care Trust.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deeth
authors.affiliation: Consultant Nurse Tissue Viability, Provide CIC, Essex.
authors.forename: Lorraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grothier
mesh_terms: D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries
keywords: Debride; Deslough; Tissue viability; Wound bed preparation