Mark Hamill and Marina Bigger discuss the services provided by health visitors.
Mark Hamill Dip Nursing, RN, is a Community Nurse, North & West Belfast HSS Trust.
Marina T. Bigger MSc, BSc (Hons), RGN, RHV, is Service Improvement Manager for Nursing, Dental & Governance, Homefirst Community Trust.
Article accepted for publication: September 2005
Jacky Edwards gives an overview of the use of silicone gel in burn and scar management.
Jacky Edwards RGN, BSc (Hons), PGDE is a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Burns Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester.
Article accepted for publication: November 2005
Zahra Pah Lavan reviews some of the reported reasons for the health care workers' failure to comply with hand-hygiene policies highlighting the importance of hand hygiene awareness in everyday practice.
Zahra Pah-Lavan RN, BSc (Hons) is a freelance medical writer.
Article accepted for publication: March 2005
Margaret Barnett presents a case study which outlines the care and management of a woman who required a permanent tracheostomy following an acute hospital admission.
Margaret Barnett RGN, MSc, COPD Dip, is a COPD nurse specialist, Derriford Hospital, Devon.
Article accepted for publication: September 2005
The author would like to acknowledge the work of Sallie Waring, medical photogapher at Derriford Hospital.
Celia Muir and Lynne Watret give an overview of how to recognise Pyoderma Gangrenosum by using a structured assessment tool (TIME).
Celia Muir BSc, RGN, Clinical Nurse Specialist Dermatology, North Glasgow Division
Lynne Watret MN, MA, RGN, Clinical Nurse Specialist Tissue Viability Primary Care Division, Greater Glasgow Health Board.
Article accepted for publication: December 2005
