title: Venous leg ulcers: appropriate diagnosis and evidence-based treatment.
abstract: Each year around £3.3 billion is spent on wound care in the community. Community nurses care for around 730 000 with leg ulcers each year and around 284 000 people still have a leg ulcer after a year. This article explores the issue of hard to heal leg ulcers and what community nurses can do to improve healing rates and improve quality of life for people with leg ulcers.
authors.affiliation: Nurse Consultant Physical Health Care at West London Mental Health NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nazarko
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D003646:Debridement; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D017592:Skin Care; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: evidence-based practice; healing; prevention; venous leg ulcers