Wound care provision in an out of hours District Nursing Service

Stephens, M; Jones, J; Smith, T

Abstract

In England and Wales, more than 2.6 million people receive
care from a district nurse each year (Queens Nursing Institute
[QNI], 2009) and an often unreported area of this service is
the out-of-hours service provided from 6pm to 8am daily and
at weekends. The complexities of such a service are clearly
described by Wilson and Taylor (2011), who explain that, during
the night, patients are often very frightened and vulnerable due
to the limited availability of healthcare provision. This article
will, therefore, define what is meant by out-of-hours nursing
service and explore the complexities of delivering wound
management during the night to patients in their own homes.

Citation

Stephens, M., Jones, J., & Smith, T. (2012). Wound care provision in an out of hours District Nursing Service. Wound essentials, 7(2), 73-76

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Jun 2, 2015
• Journal: Wound Essentials
• Print ISSN: 1750-7243
• Publisher: Wounds UK
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 73-76
• Related Public URLs: http://www.wounds-uk.com/pdf/content_10701.pdf; http://www.wounds-uk.com/