Hydrocolloids in wound management: pros and cons
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 wou...
Effect of a National Community Intervention Programme on Healing Rates of Chronic Leg Ulcer: Randomised Controlled Trial
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 repor...
Injecting drug use: developing a drop-in wound care clinic
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 d...
Nutritional care: implications and recommendations for nursing
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 particular...
Bandages and bandaging techniques for compression therapy
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 ...
Injecting drug use: implications for skin and wound management
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 ha...
Support the new Tissue Viability Nurses' Association
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 appo...
Role definition and structured progress for tissue viability nurses
Journal Article
Finnie, A. (2001)
Role definition and structured progress for tissue viability nurses. British Journal of Nursing, 10(Sup2), S6-S7. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2001.10.sup2.12339
Guest Editorial.
Tissue viability nursing is a relatively new specialty. We know that tissue viability nurses (TVNs) are a valuable resource and that the development of a coo...
The developing role of tissue viability nurses
Journal Article
Ropper, R. A., Finnie, A., & Gray, D. (2001)
The developing role of tissue viability nurses. Scottish Nurse, 5(12),
No abstract available.
Management of venous leg ulcers by compression therapy
Journal Article
Finnie, A. (2001)
Management of venous leg ulcers by compression therapy. Nursing and Residential Care, 3(4), 166-173. https://doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2001.3.4.7616
Venous disease is a component of approximately 70% of leg ulcers. Venous leg ulcers can be treated with compression therapy using different bandaging techniques, as discussed ...