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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

The Effectiveness of Advanced Practice Nurses with Respect to Complex Chronic Wounds in the Management of Venous Ulcers.

Juan Francisco Jiménez-García, Gabriel Aguilera-Manrique, Josefina Arboledas-Bellón, María Gutiérrez-García, Francisco González-Jiménez, Nieves Lafuente-Robles, Laura Parra-Anguita, Francisco Pedro García-Fernández

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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Venous Insufficiency: Wound Management.Current cardiology reports · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Juan Francisco Jiménez-GarcíaAdvanced Practice Nurse in Complex Chronic Wound, Sanitary District Poniente of Almería, 04746 Venta del Viso, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0190-8195
Gabriel Aguilera-ManriqueNursing Department, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1945-9626
Josefina Arboledas-BellónAdvanced Practice Nurse in Complex Chronic Wound, Sanitary District Jaén Northeast, 23400 Úbeda, Spain.
María Gutiérrez-GarcíaAdvanced Practice Nurse in Complex Chronic Wound, Sanitary District Serrania of Malaga, 29400 Ronda, Spain.
Francisco González-JiménezAdvanced Practice Nurse in Complex Chronic Wound, Sanitary District Metropolitano of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain.
Nieves Lafuente-RoblesDirector of the Comprehensive Care Plan for Andalusia, 41001 Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8010-6686
Laura Parra-AnguitaHealth Sciences Department, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaén, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0718-3340
Francisco Pedro García-FernándezNursing Department, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6038-3726

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of advanced practice nurses with respect to complex chronic wounds (APN-CCWs) in the care of patients with venous ulcers. A multicentric, quasi-experimental pre-post study was conducted without a control group in the sanitary management areas where the APN-CCW program is being piloted. The intervention consisted of a mass training of clinical nurses from the participating districts on the proper management of injuries and the use of compression therapy. The data were collected through a specifically constructed questionnaire with questions regarding descriptive variables of injuries and their treatment. A total of 643 professionals responded (response rate of 89.1%), attending to a total population of 707,814 inhabitants. An increase in multilayer bandage use by 15.67%, an increase in elastic bandage use by 13.24%, and a significant decrease in the referral of patients to consultation with hospital specialists was achieved, from 21.08% to 12.34%. The number of patients referred to the APNs was 13.25%, which implied a resolution rate of 94.08% of their injuries. In conclusion, the coordination by the APN-CCWs in patients with venous ulcers was effective in improving the continuity of care, in the optimization of resources, and in their care role.

Indexed as

Advanced Practice NursingBandagesChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleTreatment OutcomeVaricose UlcerWound Closure TechniquesWound Healingadvanced practice nursecomplex chronic woundseffectivenessvenous ulcers

Identifiers

PMID31835653
PMCPMC6950269

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