This particular study aims to evaluate the care given to a patient diagnosed with leg ulceration.

This assignment is concerned with developing skills in the ability to relate theoretical knowledge and evidence, obtained from nursing literature, to a patient for whom caring for. This particular study aims to evaluate the care given to a patient diagnosed with leg ulceration. It will focus on the wound management and bandaging system used, however one important aspect of the successful care regime is the nurse patient relationship (House 1996). This will be assessed to establish …showed first 75 words of 3571 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3571 total…and evaluation of her condition were all carried out correctly according to the guidelines set out. There was a high standard of care involved in Geraldine's visits to the leg ulcer clinic she was attending. There is a significant social and economic burden caused by chronic venous insufficiency (Zimmet 1999). Newer methods of investigation have led to an improvement in our understanding of venous disease. Compression should serve as the cornerstone of treatment in venous ulcers.