Series 5, Chronic Wounds, Part 3a. Best practice for the holistic management of venous leg ulceration: developing best practice and introduction

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British Journal of Healthcare AssistantsVol. 13, No. 3 ClinicalSeries 5, Chronic Wounds, Part 3a. Best practice for the holistic management of venous leg ulceration: developing best practice and introductionMenna Lloyd JonesMenna Lloyd JonesConsultant Editor, BJHCASearch for more papers by this authorMenna Lloyd JonesPublished Online:10 Apr 2019https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2019.13.3.117AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Franks P, Barker J, Collier M et al.. Management of patients with venous leg ulcer: challenges and current best practice. J Wound Care. 2016 Jun; 25(Suppl 6):S1–S67 Link, Google ScholarGuest JF, Ayoub N, McIlwraith T et al. (2015). Health economic burden that wounds impose on the National Health Service in the UK. BMJ Open. 2015 Dec 7; 5(12):e009283. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009283 Crossref, Google ScholarHarding K, Dowsett C, Flas L et al.. Simplifying venous leg ulcer management. Consensus recommendations. Wounds International. 2015. https://www.woundsinternational.com/resources/details/simplifying-venous-leg-ulcer-management-consensus-recommendations (accessed 8 February 2019) Google ScholarJones ML. Series 5; Chronic Wounds. Part 2.1. Leg ulcers: anatomy and physiology. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants. 2019; 13(1):11–13 Link, Google ScholarMilne J, Jones L. Evaluation of the sequential use of products embedded into a structured care pathway for leg ulcer management. Wounds UK. 2018; 14(5):98–104 Google ScholarNazarko L. Simplifying the management of venous leg ulcers: choosing appropriate and acceptable compression therapy. Br J Community Nurs. 2017 Jun; 2(22)(Sup6):S6–S12. doi: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2017.22.Sup6.S6 Link, Google ScholarNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Clinical knowledge summaries: leg ulcer—venous. 2017. https://cks.nice.org.uk/leg-ulcer-venous#!scenario (accessed 8 February 2019) Google ScholarTolmine EP, Rice AM. Best-practice statements; should we use them? Nurs Times. 2015 Oct 14–20; 111(42):12–14 Google ScholarVuolo J. Wound care, made incredibly easy. 1st UK edn. London: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009 Google ScholarWounds UK. Best Practice Statement: holistic management of venous leg ulceration. 2016. https://lohmann-rauscher.co.uk/downloads/VLU_BPS_Web.pdf (accessed 8 February 2019) Google Scholar FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited bySeries 5, Chronic Wounds, Part 3b. Best practice statement, Holistic assessment of Venous Leg Ulceration. Section 1: assessmentMenna Lloyd Jones10 April 2019 | British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, Vol. 13, No. 4 2 March 2019Volume 13Issue 3ISSN (print): 1753-1586ISSN (online): 2052-4420 Metrics History Published online 10 April 2019 Published in print 2 March 2019 Information© MA Healthcare LimitedPDF download