Managing malignant fungating wounds

C Bird1

  • 1Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

Professional Nurse (London, England)
|September 13, 2000
PubMed

Malignant fungating wounds cause patients, relatives and carers significant distress. Healing is often not an achievable outcome, and nurses must be able to manage the symptoms. Nurses must aim to avoid increasing the embarrassment often experienced by patients.