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

No abstract available.

Birth Knowledge: A comparison of the ALSO course and the ARM national conference. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McHugh, N. (2002, April). Birth Knowledge: A comparison of the ALSO course and the ARM national conference

A critical comparison of different approaches to skills workshops

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.

Impact of a nurse-led counselling service on quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (2002)
Journal Article
Smith, G. D., Watson, R., Roger, D., McRorie, E., Hurst, N., Luman, W., & Palmer, K. R. (2002). Impact of a nurse-led counselling service on quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 38(2), 152-160. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02159.x

Impact of a nurse-led counselling service upon quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Aim. Health related quality of life is impaired in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease. Although counselling directed towards... Read More about Impact of a nurse-led counselling service on quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

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.

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.

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.

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.