Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga discusses the use of the Waterlow assessment tool in wound management
Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga RGN, BSc (Hons), (BSc Hons) Specialist Community Practice (District Nursing), currently reading for an MSc Skin integrity skills and treatments is a Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist, City and Hackney Primary Care Trust, London
Article accepted for publication: September 2009
Acknowledgement: The author would like to acknowledge the contribution of Mr. Prince Sunkwa-Mills, a student in MSc Health Informatics, who assisted in some of the research for this article.
In their second article Kim Young & Linda Duggan examine the identification of ‘red flags’ when undertaking a history& address ‘safety-netting’
Kim Young MSc, PGCE, RN, NT, Dip HE Nursing is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing & Health Studies.
Linda Duggan MSc, BSc (Hons), Dip HE (District Nursing), RN, DN, NT is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing & Prescribing.
Both authors are employed at the School of Nursing & Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth.
Article accepted for publication: March 2010
Morag McKenzie discusses the use of compression therapy for a variety of leg ulcers
Morag McKenzie RGN, BSc Community Health Nursing, PG Dip Wound Healing & Tissue Repair is a District Nurse, Ormiston, Lothian Health Board, Scotland,
Article accepted for publication: December 2009
Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga critically analyses the needs of hard to reach groups in TB management and discusses a model of care that can be adopted
Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga RGN, BSc (Hons), Specialist Community Practice (District Nursing), currently reading for an MSc Skin integrity skills and treatments is a Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist, City and Hackney Primary Care Trust, London
Article accepted for publication: September 2009
Rebecca Laurie analyses the current literature available on larval therapy and MRSA eradication. By highlighting the findings in key literature this article aims to provide the clinician with strong evidence to promote larval therapy as a treatment of choice for MRSA infected wounds rather than one of last resort
Rebecca Laurie RN (Dip N) is Leg Ulcer Clinic Lead, Derbyshire County PCT
Article accepted for publication: January 2010
Nadia Dossa gives a personal reflective account of a situation where the ethics of truth telling were scrutinised.
Nadia Dossa MSc, BSc (Hons), RGN is a Senior Lecturer, Thames Valley University, Middlesex
Article accepted for publication: January 2010
