A framework for challenging deficits in compression bandaging techniques
Marianne Tinkler1, Leontia Hoy, Daphne Martin
1Community Nurse, Northern Health and Social Care Trust.
British Journal of Community Nursing
|September 6, 2014
Summary
This study addresses challenges in UK community nursing, focusing on venous leg ulcer healing and evidence-based practice. Lewin
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Community Nursing
- Wound Care
Background:
- UK healthcare faces significant challenges, impacting community nursing services.
- Venous leg ulcers require effective compression bandaging and evidence-based practices.
- Newly formed community nursing teams encounter specific implementation hurdles.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore challenges in managing venous leg ulcers within a community nursing setting.
- To investigate the role of specialist tissue viability knowledge and skills.
- To propose a framework for addressing deficits in compression bandaging and evidence-based research adoption.
Main Methods:
- Utilized Lewin's forcefield analysis model of change management.
- Employed a reflective process to identify challenges.
- Investigated the application of specialist knowledge in tissue viability.
Main Results:
- Identified deficits in compression bandaging techniques for venous leg ulcers.
- Observed resistance to implementing evidence-based research in practice.
- Highlighted the importance of specialist tissue viability skills for community nurses.
Conclusions:
- Lewin's forcefield analysis provides a useful framework for addressing change in community nursing.
- Specialist knowledge enhances the management of venous leg ulceration.
- Recommendations are made to improve compression bandaging and evidence-based practice integration.
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