December 2006 Volume 2 Issue 4

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Editorials
First time authors: your profession needs you
Striving for clarity in the provision of dressings
Reflections on ritualistic care in tissue viability

Practice Development
Creating a wound care formulary for RMNs

Research/Audit
TNP therapy in the community: findings of a national survey
How do nurses perceive the role of the TVNS?

Review
Pin and needle tract infection: the prophylactic role of silver
Medical management of chronic wound pain
Toxic shock syndrome: causes in people with burn wounds
Pain-induced stress: a barrier to wound healing

Education
The university conference model: re-energising CPD
Improving education with CD-ROM-based learning

Product Review
Bio-electrical stimulation therapy using POSiFECT®RD
Profore latex-free multi-layer compression system

Case Report
The use of Silvercel® to dress excision wounds following burns surgery
The use of the Versatile I Wound Vacuum System to treat a patient with a challenging grade 3 pressure ulcer in continuing care

Debate
Does the UK need wound ostomy continence nurses?

Comment
IT revamp needs TVN input to oversee clinical decisions

Society update

Leg Club Update

TVNA policy