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Volume 4, Number 1 |
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| How to … apply paste bandages |
Susan Robertson RGN ENB N25 998 931 934 Dermatology Specialist Nurse, Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust |
Paste bandages have been used since the time of Pharaohs and Mummies. There are many different paste bandages available which are prescribed for a variety of different skin conditions, for example varicose eczema, atopic eczema and lichen simplex. Susan Robertson RGN ENB N25 998 931 934 Dermatology Specialist Nurse, Essex Rivers Healthcare explains how to apply them |
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| Fraudulent practice in skin disease exists and must be tackled |
Berkeley Greenwood Administrative Secretary, The Associate Parliamentary Group on Skin, London |
The Associate Parliamentary Group (APG) on skin recently published its report on fraudulent practice in skin disease,1 prompted by consistent complaints from the Group’s members. |
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| Support networks: Pemphigus Vulgaris |
Jane Watts RGN ENB 393 Dermatology, Dermatology Nurse Practitioner, Dermatology Department, King George’s Hospital, Goodmayes, Essex; Siri Lowe PV Network (founding member), London |
Living with Pemphigus Vulgaris can be frightening and unpredictable. Jane Watts RGN ENB 393 Dermatology Nurse Practitioner, King George’s Hospital, Essex talks to Siri Lowe about how her experience of the disease led her to found the PV Network and what help is available through it |
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| Extending the nurse’s role: punch biopsies |
Julia Finch BA(Hons) HV RGN Dermatology Research Nurse, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool |
The role of the research nurse within the dermatology department at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital is a relatively new and evolving one. Prior to their introduction, responsibility for recruitment and administration of trial procedures belonged to the dermatology team, alongside their usual clinical duties. Clearly, this was not an ideal solution either for the trials or patients requiring the dermatology department’s services. |
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| Dermatology Routes of care |
Coleen Gradwell RN Dermatology Outpatients Sister, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham; Mary Haynes BN Staff and Project Nurse, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham |
The Department of Dermatology, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, changed the process of care delivery through their Routes of care initiative. It was recognised that patients, staff and students needed a clear structure to follow to meet the needs of all parties involved in care. |
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