Treatment of superficial wounds and management of associated pain
Intended for healthcare professionals

Primary Health Care

CPD Previous    

Treatment of superficial wounds and management of associated pain

Jones Menna Lloyd Senior nurse tissue viability, North West Wales NHS Trust
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Twitter Share to Twitter More...

Superficial wounds usually result from trauma and can be extremely painful. This article discusses the treatment of superficial wounds as well as the assessment and management of the associated pain. It uses scenarios based on different types of wounds in patients across the age range.

Primary Health Care. 18, 4, 41-46. doi: 10.7748/phc2008.05.18.4.41.c6540

Correspondence

menna.jones@nww-tr.wales.nhs.uk

Peer review

This article has been subject to double blind peer review

Keywords :

Accident and emergency - Pain measurement

Want to read more?

RCNi-Plus
Already have access? Log in

or

3-month trial offer for £5.25/month

Subscribe today and save 50% on your first three months
RCNi Plus users have full access to the following benefits:
  • Unlimited access to all 10 RCNi Journals
  • RCNi Learning featuring over 175 modules to easily earn CPD time
  • NMC-compliant RCNi Revalidation Portfolio to stay on track with your progress
  • Personalised newsletters tailored to your interests
  • A customisable dashboard with over 200 topics
Subscribe

Alternatively, you can purchase access to this article for the next seven days. Buy now

Are you a student? Our student subscription has content especially for you.
Find out more

Organisational access
Read this article via your institutional log in or pair token
Don’t have access via your organisation? Recommend to your librarian

01 May 2008 / Vol 18 issue 4

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DIGITAL EDITION

SUBSCRIBE

Journals