A qualitative study of patients' experiences of living with hard-to-heal leg ulcers.

Background: Patients with hard-to-heal leg ulcers are often older and have underlying conditions that contribute to making wound healing more difficult. Hard-to-heal leg ulcers are often treated in primary care and form a large part of the district nurse's work.

Aim: To describe patients' experiences of living with hard-to-heal leg ulcers.

Quality of life of patients with hard-to-heal leg ulcers: a review of nursing documentation.

People with hard-to-heal leg ulcers experience reduced quality of life (QoL), including physical, mental and social aspects; this, in turn, negatively affects the wound healing process. QoL is often overlooked by health professionals treating those with hard-to-heal wounds, for whom the focus is instead on the wound itself and the healing process. This study aimed to investigate how the QoL of patients with hard-to-heal wounds is documented and followed up by nurses.

General practitioners' knowledge of leg ulcer treatment in primary healthcare: an interview study.

Aim: To describe general practitioners' (GPs') knowledge and the development of their knowledge regarding leg ulcer treatment when treating patients with leg ulceration at primary healthcare centers.

Background: Earlier research regarding GPs' knowledge of leg ulcer treatment in a primary healthcare context has focused primarily on the assessment of wounds and knowledge of wound care products. Less is known about GPs' understandings of their own knowledge and knowledge development regarding leg ulceration in the everyday clinical context.

General practitioners' perceptions of their role and their collaboration with district nurses in wound care.

Aim: To explore the perceptions of general practitioners (GPs) regarding their role and their collaboration with district nurses (DNs) in the management of leg ulcers in primary healthcare.

Background: Earlier research regarding the treatment of leg ulcers in a primary care context has focussed primarily on wound healing. Less is known about GPs' understandings of their role and their collaboration with DNs in the management of leg ulcers.

Attitudes and perceptions from nursing and medical students towards the other profession in relation to wound care.

Lack of nurse‒physician collaboration in wound care may result in prolonged healing times for patients. In order to facilitate future professional collaboration, undergraduate learning activities in interprofessional education (IPE) have been proposed. The aim of this study was to investigate nursing and medical students' attitudes and perceptions towards each other's future professions and interprofessional collaboration in wound care.

District nurses' knowledge development in wound management: ongoing learning without organizational support.

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe district nurses' (DNs') experiences of their knowledge development in wound management when treating patients with different types of wounds at healthcare centers.

Background: In primary healthcare, DNs are mainly responsible for wound management. Previous research has focused on DNs' level of expertise regarding wound management, mostly based on quantitative studies.

Wound care by district nurses at primary healthcare centres: a challenging task without authority or resources.

There is a lack of studies that describes how district nurses experience the care they provide in connection with wound care. The aim of this study was therefore to describe district nurses experiences of their nursing actions when treating patients with different kinds of wounds at primary healthcare centres and in the home care in order to increase understanding of this kind of care. A qualitative, descriptive study was conducted, with interviews of eight district nurses.

Wound care in primary health care: district nurses' needs for co-operation and well-functioning organization.

Most patients with leg- and foot ulcers are managed within non-institutional care. The aim of this study was to investigate the district nurses' wound management, including wound appearance, assignment of responsibility, guidelines for wound treatment and co-operation with other professional groups. The study has a descriptive quantitative approach.