Topic

Wound care

Nail toxicities associated with systemic anticancer therapy
Cancer Nursing Practice

Nail toxicities associated with systemic anticancer therapy

Clinical
21 Apr 2026
Chronic wounds and emerging innovations in wound care: an overview
Nursing Standard

Chronic wounds and emerging innovations in wound care: an overview

Clinical
23 Mar 2026
Leg ulcer pilot: tissue viability nurse Jane Parker
Nursing Standard

Nurse-led leg ulcer project cuts waiting lists and speeds up healing

News
11 Mar 2026
Primary Health Care

How artificial intelligence in healthcare is evolving and its impact on primary and community care nurses

Clinical
25 February 2026
Nursing Standard

Pressure ulcers: challenging the idea they are always preventable

Analysis
13 February 2026
Primary Health Care

Principles of post-surgical wound assessment, management and care: an overview

CPD articles
10 December 2025
Nursing Standard

CPD focus: a critical examination of five common wound care myths

CPD articles
24 November 2025
Nursing Standard

Care home sepsis death: staff were late to recognise concerns

News
17 November 2025
Nursing Standard

Patient dies from sepsis after string of wound care failures

News
14 October 2025
Nursing Standard

Patient death: tissue viability nurse recommendations not acted on

News
18 September 2025
Nursing Standard

Pressure ulcer prevention: why it will always be an essential skill

Comment
29 July 2025
Nursing Standard

How to identify and categorise a pressure ulcer

How to
17 July 2025
Nursing Standard

Implementing female external catheters in practice and educating students on their use

Clinical
14 July 2025
Nursing Standard

Nursing home death: failures in care and wound management

News
30 June 2025
Nursing Standard

Digital wound management: how it works and its potential benefits in wound care practice

Clinical
17 April 2025
Nursing Standard

Nurse grants: apply now for up to £2,500 for projects or training

News
28 March 2025
Nursing Standard

Datix and fitness to practise: what’s getting nurses talking?

Podcast
26 March 2025
Nursing Standard

How to take a wound swab

How to
24 March 2025
Nursing Standard

Pressure ulcer care: signs, risk factors and treatment options

Nursing studies
12 March 2025
Nursing Standard

How to assess a wound for signs of infection

How to
27 February 2025
Nursing Standard

Pressure ulcer risk assessment: which tool should I use?

Analysis
17 February 2025
Nursing Standard

Patient died after pressure ulcer repositioning plan ignored

News
12 February 2025
Nursing Standard

Wound infection: diagnosis, treatment and prevention

Clinical
30 December 2024
Nursing Older People

Pressure ulcers

Clinical
18 December 2024
Nursing Standard

Understanding the physiology of wound healing and holistic wound assessment

Clinical
02 December 2024
Nursing Standard

How to remove non-absorbable sutures

How to
14 October 2024
Nursing Older People

Implementing the PURPOSE T pressure ulcer risk assessment tool into clinical practice

CPD articles
02 October 2024
Nursing Standard

Leg ulcer healing rates: wound care pilot shows incredible results

News
10 September 2024
Nursing Standard

Undertaking a structured assessment of a hard-to-heal wound

Clinical
27 August 2024
Nursing Standard

How to undertake a pain assessment for ­patients with acute post-operative pain

How to
15 July 2024
Nursing Older People

Assessment, prevention and management of skin tears in older people

Clinical
26 June 2024
Nursing Standard

Failure to refer to district nursing before woman’s sepsis death

News
30 May 2024
Nursing Older People

Wound care in older people: overcoming the challenges of assessment and management

Clinical
24 April 2024
Emergency Nurse

Nitrous oxide tank cold burn to the forearm: a case study and discussion of the literature

Clinical
25 January 2024
Nursing Standard

Pressure ulcers and nursing care: new advice to update practice

Expert advice
10 January 2024
Nursing Standard

Not just a skin tear: why they matter and how to treat them

Podcast
10 January 2024
Nursing Standard

Diagnosing, assessing and managing cellulitis

Clinical
04 December 2023
Nursing Standard

Preventing and recognising skin tears using a standardised approach

Clinical
13 November 2023
Nursing Standard

Just one week until Nursing Live: here’s why you should go

News
03 November 2023
Nursing Standard

Preventing, assessing and treating skin tears

CPD articles
04 September 2023
Nursing Standard

Chronic wound care: improving record-keeping and communication

Analysis
24 July 2023
Nursing Older People

How to identify which patients can self-manage in the community

Analysis
29 June 2023
Primary Health Care

Assessing pressure ulcers in patients with darker skin tones

Clinical
24 May 2023
Primary Health Care

Promoting an inclusive approach to assessing and managing chronic wounds

CPD articles
26 April 2023
Nursing Standard

Burns nurse advises Coronation Street on acid attack storyline

News
24 April 2023
Emergency Nurse

Potentially avoidable tetanus booster in the emergency department: a service evaluation

Clinical
19 January 2023
Nursing Standard

Managing malignant wounds in patients receiving palliative care

CPD articles
19 December 2022
Nursing Standard

Wound assessment and management: a guide for nursing students

Nursing studies
03 November 2022
Emergency Nurse

Comparing the hair apposition technique with traditional closure in scalp lacerations: a literature review

Clinical
20 September 2022
Nursing Standard

Essentials of wound care: assessing and managing impaired skin integrity

Clinical
12 September 2022
Nursing Standard

How to cleanse a wound

How to
05 September 2022
Nursing Standard

An overview of the prevention and management of wound infection

CPD articles
30 August 2022
Nursing Older People

Prevention of pressure ulcers in older people with frailty

Clinical
21 July 2022
Nursing Standard

Wound care: assessing the best approach to cleansing and dressing

Podcast
25 May 2022
Nursing Children and Young People

Reducing pressure injuries in children caused by peripheral intravenous cannulae

Clinical
19 April 2022
Nursing Standard

Take part in the moisture-associated skin damage awareness day

News
25 February 2022
Nursing Standard

Chronic wounds: what nurses can do to improve treatment and optimise healing

Analysis
07 January 2022
Nursing Standard

Heel pressure ulcers: understanding why they develop and how to prevent them

CPD articles
13 December 2021
Nursing Standard

What is a wound care nurse specialist – and could you be one?

My job
18 November 2021
Emergency Nurse

Preventing pressure ulcers in emergency departments: four simple and effective nurse-led changes

Clinical
18 November 2021
Emergency Nurse

Assessment and management of snake bites in the emergency department

Clinical
09 November 2021
Nursing Standard

Leg ulcers: how to improve your practice and patient outcomes

Partner content
23 September 2021
Nursing Standard

Wound care: what the framework for standardised treatment means for your patients

Clinical update
28 July 2021
Nursing Older People

Preventing and managing pressure ulcers in patients receiving palliative care

CPD articles
09 June 2021
Primary Health Care

Best practice in the management of diabetic foot ulcers and pressure ulcers on the foot

Clinical
07 April 2021
Nursing Standard

Human and animal bites: assessment, treatment and when to use antimicrobials

Clinical update
02 March 2021
Nursing Standard

Using the ‘aSSKINg’ model in pressure ulcer prevention and care planning

Clinical
25 January 2021
Nursing Standard

Wound care app could help reduce nurses’ workload

News
04 November 2020
Primary Health Care

Optimising the assessment and management of lower limb wounds in general practice

Clinical
04 November 2020
Nursing Standard

Nurse creates wound app to help carers identify and treat pressure ulcers

News
22 September 2020
Nursing Standard

Understanding the elements of a holistic wound assessment

CPD articles
21 September 2020
Nursing Standard

Using the SSKIN care bundle to prevent pressure ulcers in the intensive care unit

Clinical
24 August 2020
Nursing Standard

The nursing home team that helped me fight for a ‘second life’

Features
17 August 2020
Primary Health Care

Director of community service and lymphoedema

My job
24 February 2020
Emergency Nurse

Assessment and treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the emergency department

Clinical
04 February 2020
Emergency Nurse

Knife crime: emergency care nurses lead groundbreaking project to improve survival rates in Liverpool

News
23 January 2020
Nursing Standard

The nurse-led chronic wounds service where lower limbs are the highest priority

Features
17 January 2020
Nursing Older People

Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment: guidance for nurses

Clinical update
08 January 2020
Primary Health Care

Celebrate your achievements by entering the RCNi Nurse Awards 2020

Editorial
20 November 2019
Nursing Standard

Pressure ulcer toolkit: advice for nurses on prevention and care pathways

Clinical update
17 October 2019
Nursing Standard

Preventing medical device-related skin damage

Clinical
02 September 2019
Nursing Standard

Wound care: treating the cause rather than simply covering it with a dressing

Features
28 August 2019
Nursing Standard

Preventing and treating surgical site infections: what nurses need to know

Clinical update
27 August 2019
Nursing Standard

Wound repair smart sensor could help nurses assess patient healing

News
12 August 2019
Primary Health Care

Practice nurse transforms pathway for leg ulcer care

Features
08 August 2019
Nursing Standard

Undertaking a person-centred assessment of patients with chronic wounds

Clinical
08 July 2019
Nursing Older People

NHS Improvement guidance calls for consistent approach to pressure ulcer definition and measurement

Policy briefing
25 March 2019
Nursing Standard

Prevention and management of moisture-associated skin damage

Clinical
24 January 2019
Nursing Standard

Legal implications of pressure injuries: experience of a tissue viability nurse expert

Clinical
21 January 2019
Primary Health Care

Cost of nurse-led surgical wound care and management treatment plans assessed 

Research news
27 December 2018
Nursing Standard

Ask the experts webinar: serious skin infections

Partner content
27 November 2018
Nursing Standard

Red dot campaign aims to get people talking about pressure ulcer prevention

News
15 November 2018
Primary Health Care

Animated film highlights the work of district nurses

Comment
27 September 2018
Nursing Standard

Preventing the development of heel pressure ulcers

Clinical
24 September 2018
Emergency Nurse

Fingertip injuries in children: a review of the literature

Clinical
29 August 2018
Nursing Older People

Why we should mark World Wide Pressure Injury Prevention Day

Comment
17 August 2018
Primary Health Care

'I know I am in the right place when I see the impact we are having on people’s lives'

My job
31 July 2018
Nursing Older People

Assessment and management of older people with venous leg ulcers

CPD articles
20 June 2018
Nursing Older People

Recognising and managing age-related dermatoporosis and skin tears

Clinical
23 March 2018
Nursing Older People

Recognising and managing age-related dermatoporosis and skin tears

Clinical
13 March 2018
Nursing Children and Young People

Acute burns management: placement reflections of a children’s nursing student

Clinical
07 March 2018
Nursing Standard

Practice nurse who tended my husband’s wound impressed us

Patient view
29 September 2017
Nursing Standard

How to administer lidocaine in wounds

How to
20 September 2017
Primary Health Care

How a nurse-led centre improved wound healing rates

Analysis
05 May 2017
Nursing Standard

Managing tissue viability issues in patients with cancer approaching the end of life

Clinical
15 February 2017
Nursing Standard

Managing tissue viability issues in patients with cancer approaching the end of life

Clinical
07 February 2017
Nursing Standard

Pressure ulcer prevention

Reflective accounts
13 January 2017
Nursing Standard

Reflective account – Minor traumatic wounds

Reflective accounts
30 November 2016
Emergency Nurse

Fight bite injury: emergency department assessment and management

Clinical
10 November 2016
Nursing Standard

Assessment and management of patients with minor traumatic wounds

CPD articles
19 October 2016
Primary Health Care

Enabling supported self-management of wound care in a community setting

Clinical
31 August 2016
Nursing Standard

Legal advice: should I appear in a video for a wound care company?

Expert advice
09 August 2016
Nursing Standard

Barrier products in the treatment of incontinence-associated dermatitis

CPD articles
20 July 2016
Nursing Standard

How to manage a minor burn

How to
20 July 2016
Primary Health Care

Consensus opinion on compression therapy and venous ulcers

Clinical
28 April 2016
Nursing Standard

How to apply vacuum-assisted closure therapy

How to
02 March 2016
Nursing Standard

Best practice in wound assessment

Clinical
02 March 2016
Primary Health Care

Granulated sugar treatment for leg ulcers: a case report

Clinical
02 February 2016
Nursing Standard

Pressure ulcer prevention in frail older people

CPD articles
16 December 2015
Nursing Standard

Managing venous leg ulcers and oedema using compression hosiery

Clinical
21 October 2015
Nursing Standard

Efficiency and cost effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy

Clinical
21 October 2015
Emergency Nurse

Managing leg ulceration in intravenous drug users

Clinical
07 September 2015
RCNi

Oxygen therapy shows impressive results in diabetic foot ulcer treatment

News
13 August 2015
Nursing Standard

Engaging patients in pressure ulcer prevention

Clinical
06 May 2015
Nursing Standard

Preventing pressure ulcers in patients in intensive care

Clinical
25 February 2015
Nursing Standard

Reducing avoidable pressure ulcers in the community

Clinical
25 February 2015
Primary Health Care

Integrating wellbeing services in healthcare pathways

Clinical
30 January 2015
Nursing Standard

Ethical issues and accountability in pressure ulcer prevention

Clinical
22 October 2014
Nursing Standard

Tissue viability nurses’ experiences of managing wound exudate

Clinical
22 October 2014
Nursing Standard

Prevention of surgical site infection

CPD articles
30 July 2014
Nursing Standard

Remedial action in the management of wound-related pain

Clinical
16 July 2014
Nursing Standard

Wound care considerations in neonates

Clinical
16 July 2014
Nursing Standard

Pressure ulcer treatment in a patient with spina bifida

Clinical
30 April 2014
Nursing Standard

Management of fistulae in patients with open abdomen

Clinical
19 February 2014
Nursing Standard

Prevention and management of neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers

Clinical
16 October 2013
Nursing Standard

Pressure ulcer prevention in the community setting

CPD articles
18 September 2013
Nursing Standard

Management of burns in intensive and acute care

Clinical
10 July 2013
Nursing Standard

Nurses’ knowledge of pressure ulcer risk assessment

Clinical
17 April 2013
Nursing Standard

Management of major burns in the emergency department

Clinical
17 April 2013
Nursing Standard

Prevention of pressure ulcers in nursing home residents

Clinical
13 February 2013
Nursing Standard

Warfarin-induced tissue necrosis: a case study

Clinical
31 October 2012
Nursing Standard

Management of self-harm wounds

Clinical
31 October 2012
Nursing Standard

Assessment and management of patients with burns

Clinical
12 September 2012
Nursing Standard

Principles of infection management in community-based burns care

Clinical
12 September 2012
Nursing Standard

Pin site care: guidance and key recommendations

CPD articles
05 September 2012
Nursing Standard

Challenges of treating military wounds

Clinical
17 July 2012
Nursing Standard

Challenges of treating military wounds

Clinical
11 July 2012
Nursing Standard

Pain management during wound dressing in children

Clinical
11 April 2012
Nursing Standard

Best practice in the management of venous leg ulcers

Clinical
11 April 2012
Nursing Standard

Debridement of diabetic foot wounds

Clinical
15 February 2012
Nursing Standard

Management of minor burns in the emergency department

Clinical
15 February 2012
Nursing Standard

Management of patients with cellulitis of the lower limb

Clinical
22 November 2011
Nursing Standard

Identification, diagnosis and treatment of wound infection

Clinical
16 November 2011
Nursing Standard

The role of antiseptics in pressure ulcer management

Clinical
19 October 2011
Nursing Standard

Wound care for injecting drug users: part 2

Clinical
27 July 2011
Nursing Standard

Wound care for injecting drug users: part 1

Clinical
20 July 2011
Nursing Standard

Polyhexamethylene biguanide dressings in wound management

Clinical
20 July 2011
Nursing Standard

Diabetes and its effects on wound healing

Clinical
13 July 2011
Nursing Standard

Post-thrombotic syndrome: a case study

Clinical
20 April 2011
Nursing Standard

Key principles involved in applying and removing wound dressings

CPD articles
10 November 2010
Nursing Standard

Improving wound and pressure area care in a nursing home

Clinical
10 November 2010
Nursing Standard

Accountability and legal issues in tissue viability nursing

Clinical
26 October 2010
Nursing Standard

Accountability and legal issues in tissue viability nursing

Clinical
20 October 2010
Nursing Standard

Tissue viability in mental health

Clinical
14 July 2010
Nursing Standard

Managing acute skin reactions to radiotherapy treatment

Clinical
17 February 2010
Nursing Standard

Implementing the quality accounts agenda in tissue viability

Clinical
17 February 2010
Primary Health Care

Wound-related pain: features, assessment and treatment

CPD articles
01 December 2009
Nursing Standard

Wound-related pain:features, assessment and treatment

Clinical
17 November 2009
Nursing Standard

Wound-related pain: features, assessment and treatment

CPD articles
11 November 2009
Nursing Standard

Skin assessment of patients at risk of pressure ulcers

Clinical
11 November 2009
Nursing Standard

Challenges in protecting peri-wound skin

Clinical
21 October 2009
Nursing Standard

Assessment and management of patients with wound-related pain

Clinical
15 July 2009
Nursing Standard

Successful assessment and management of burn injuries

Clinical
15 April 2009
Nursing Standard

Management of foot ulceration in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical
24 February 2009
Nursing Standard

Use of topical corticosteroids in the management of static wounds

Clinical
20 February 2009
Nursing Standard

Compression bandaging in patients with venous insufficiency

CPD articles
12 November 2008
Nursing Standard

Treating patients with painful chronic wounds

Clinical
12 November 2008
Nursing Standard

Impact of exudate and odour from chronic venous leg ulceration

Clinical
16 July 2008
Nursing Standard

Maintaining standards for pressure ulcer management in care homes

Clinical
16 July 2008
Nursing Standard

Pain assessment and management in patients with chronic wounds

Clinical
16 April 2008
Nursing Standard

Diagnosis, treatment and nursing management of patients with pilonidal sinus disease

CPD articles
05 September 2007
Nursing Standard

Caesarean section, surgical site infection and wound management

Clinical
18 April 2007
Nursing Standard

The use of advanced biological and tissue-engineered wound products

Clinical
25 October 2006
Nursing Standard

Assessment and management of patients with surgical cavity wounds

Clinical
19 July 2006
Nursing Standard

Wound bed preparation and the TIME principles

CPD articles
30 November 2005
Nursing Standard

The management of patients’ pain in wound care

Clinical
26 October 2005
Nursing Standard

Pressure ulcer grading

CPD articles
07 September 2005
Nursing Standard

The views of patients living with healed venous leg ulcers

Clinical
20 July 2005
Nursing Standard

The physiological basics of wound healing

CPD articles
06 July 2005