All Outputs (13)

Promoting Health at a Wound Care Clinic for Homeless People. A multi-layered approach to a multi-layered clinical problem (2002)
Book Chapter
Finnie, A., & Nicolson, P. (2002). Promoting Health at a Wound Care Clinic for Homeless People. A multi-layered approach to a multi-layered clinical problem. In A. Watterson (Ed.), Public Health in Practice. Palgrave Macmillan

No abstract available.

Health on the streets: A clinic for homeless people run in conjunction with the big issue is proving to be a great success. dina leifer reports (2002)
Journal Article
Finnie, A. (2002). Health on the streets: A clinic for homeless people run in conjunction with the big issue is proving to be a great success. dina leifer reports. Nursing Standard, 17(11), 14-15. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.17.11.14.s33

HOMELESS PEOPLE sometimes get a raw deal from health services. Staff can be hostile, particularly if they suspect the patient is a drug user. But two nurses have set up a clinic in Glasgow specifically designed to reach out to homeless people, with t... Read More about Health on the streets: A clinic for homeless people run in conjunction with the big issue is proving to be a great success. dina leifer reports.

Development of a specialist clinic for homeless people and injecting drug users. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Finnie, A. (2002). Development of a specialist clinic for homeless people and injecting drug users. In Proceedings of the Wounds UK 2002 Conference

No abstract available.

A route to enhanced competence for Tissue Viability Nurse Specialists (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Finnie, A., & Wilson, A. (2002). A route to enhanced competence for Tissue Viability Nurse Specialists. In Proceedings of Wounds UK 2002 Conference

No abstract available.

Hydrocolloids in wound management: pros and cons (2002)
Journal Article
Finnie, A. (2002). Hydrocolloids in wound management: pros and cons. British Journal of Community Nursing, 7(7), 338-345. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2002.7.7.10633

Hydrocolloids are interactive dressings which are well established in wound management. Because of their sophisticated composition, they can be used to manage a variety of wound types, from clean and granulating to sloughy and necrotic. While they ma... Read More about Hydrocolloids in wound management: pros and cons.

Effect of a National Community Intervention Programme on Healing Rates of Chronic Leg Ulcer: Randomised Controlled Trial (2002)
Journal Article
Finnie, A. (2002). Effect of a National Community Intervention Programme on Healing Rates of Chronic Leg Ulcer: Randomised Controlled Trial. Phlebology, 17(2), 47-53. https://doi.org/10.1177/026835550201700202

Background and Objective: Chronic leg ulcer is a common cause of serious disability in the elderly. Healing rates of chronic leg ulcers of 50–75% at 3–6 months have been reported from clinical trials in which specialist nurses delivered the care. Bu... Read More about Effect of a National Community Intervention Programme on Healing Rates of Chronic Leg Ulcer: Randomised Controlled Trial.

Injecting drug use: developing a drop-in wound care clinic (2002)
Journal Article
Finnie, A., & Nicholson, P. (2002). Injecting drug use: developing a drop-in wound care clinic. British Journal of Nursing, 11(Sup2), S8-S20. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2002.11.Sup2.10293

The first part of this two-part series examined the difficulties facing nurses working with injecting drug users with skin problems (Finnie and Nicolson, 2002). This article describes the needs of homeless people with skin complaints and the innovati... Read More about Injecting drug use: developing a drop-in wound care clinic.

An exploration of factors contributing to chronic wounds in injecting drug users (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Finnie, A., & Nicolson, P. (2002). An exploration of factors contributing to chronic wounds in injecting drug users. In Proceedings of the 12th European Wound Management Association Conference

No abstract available.

Nutritional care: implications and recommendations for nursing (2002)
Journal Article
Grieve, R. J., & Finnie, A. (2002). Nutritional care: implications and recommendations for nursing. British Journal of Nursing, 11(7), 432-437. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2002.11.7.10142

Nutrition is a basic human requirement with both physiological and psychosocial dimensions that affect wellbeing. In times of illness ensuring adequate nutrition is particularly important because of the central part it plays in healing and recovery.... Read More about Nutritional care: implications and recommendations for nursing.

Bandages and bandaging techniques for compression therapy (2002)
Journal Article
Finnie, A. (2002). Bandages and bandaging techniques for compression therapy. British Journal of Community Nursing, 7(3), 134-142. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2002.7.3.10212

Bandaging skills are essential for community nurses not only as a method of supporting joints, or retaining a dressing, but as an important treatment of leg ulceration. It is important to be able to choose the correct type, size, and composition of b... Read More about Bandages and bandaging techniques for compression therapy.

Injecting drug use: implications for skin and wound management (2002)
Journal Article
Finnie, A., & Nicolson, P. (2002). Injecting drug use: implications for skin and wound management. British Journal of Nursing, 11(Sup1), S17-S28. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2002.11.sup1.12246

This article, the first of two parts, introduces the difficulties facing nurses working with injecting drug users with skin problems. Drug abuse is increasing globally, and has huge implications for healthcare practitioners. Increasing numbers of tis... Read More about Injecting drug use: implications for skin and wound management.

Support the new Tissue Viability Nurses' Association (2002)
Journal Article
Finnie, A. (2002). Support the new Tissue Viability Nurses' Association. British Journal of Nursing, 11(Sup1), S5-S5. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2002.11.Sup1.12244

As a new nursing specialty, tissue viability has come a long way in the last 15 years. Beginning from a handful of substantiated posts, there now appears to be around 400 appointed nurse specialists and some nurse consultants in tissue viability. Man... Read More about Support the new Tissue Viability Nurses' Association.

A Route to Enhanced Competence for Tissue Viability Nurse Specialists: Continuing professional development portfolio. (2002)
Report
Coull, A. (2002). A Route to Enhanced Competence for Tissue Viability Nurse Specialists: Continuing professional development portfolio. Edinburgh: NHS Scotland

Editorial. No abstract available.