It would be easy to conclude, as I come to an end of my community placement, that the majority of people over the age of 75 have at least one venous leg ulcer. Mr O’Leary was no exception – in fact his was particularly painful and had so far resisted all attempts to heal. Like […]
Month: October 2009
Management Speak
It is hard to ignore the politics in nursing. Every time a qualified community nurse leaves, they are replaced by an untrained Health Care Assistant. What is going on here? I do not want to do HCAs down, as many of them do a superb job, but if the job can be done as well […]