Wound bed preparation: a survey of general nurses' understanding.

Br J Nurs

Consultant Nurse Tissue Viability, Provide CIC, Essex.

Published: June 2016

This article will discuss the clinician's knowledge of wound assessment based on electronic voting responses gathered at the Journal of Wound Care conference, ''Wound Expo', held in September 2015. Data were gathered on aspects such as demographic data, experience and opinions. Each workshop lasted 45 minutes and they were designed purposely to be interactive and inclusive. The session was repeated ten times over the 2-day period. A total number of 196 delegates participated in the voting and amongst the questions posed they were asked to consider which term most suited their skill set and understanding, that of 'debridement' or 'desloughing'. Of the respondents, 91% stated that they felt most confident in desloughing.

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