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Nurse consultants must put holistic care first

Nurse consultants must put holistic care first EDITORIAL EDITORIAL JOUR N AL OF WOUND CARE Nurse consultants must put Subscription inquiries: All subscriptions in the UK, Europe, USA and Canada and Rest of World holistic care first (excluding Australia and New Zealand): Emap Readerlink Ltd, Audit House, 260 Field End Road, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 9LT. Tel: 020-8956 3523 Wound care used to be every nurse’s expert knowledge, tuition and clinical e-mail: [email protected] responsibility, with other health pro- judgement to patients and colleagues. fessionals not being much involved. Professional organisations and trade Subscription rates: Annual subscription (10 issues): There are apocryphal tales of ward sis- unions have largely welcomed nurse UK personal:* £37; ters who would drop staff into vats of consultants because they’re seen as UK institutional: £70; Europe personal £52; potassium permanganate if they dared good for nursing (raising pay and sta- Europe institutional: £80; let a ‘bed sore’ develop. Since the tus thresholds). But surely the benefit Rest of world: £95. 1980s, however, wound management for health care has to be the key issue? Subscribers in Australia and New Zealand should contact: and tissue viability have become Nurses shouldn’t just want the job in Circulation Department, Emap Australia, multiprofessional specialties, and have order to climb the greasy pole for its PO Box 746, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010. Tel: 02-9581 9400 spawned a plethora of clinical nurse own sake or, indeed, to ‘prove’ that specialists and nurse practitioners. they are as good as doctors. *The personal rate is available only to UK, Although only one tissue viability Clearly, we have moved away from Australian or New Zealand subscribers paying by personal cheque or credit card. nurse consultant was announced in the following specification for a the first wave, it seems a logical arena nurse: ‘to be of good behaviour; distin- The Editor welcomes contributions to the for them to choose to strut their stuff. guished for purity; possessed of clever- journal; copies of the guide for contributors are available from the editorial office. Or is it? First, the name is a mis- ness and skill; endued with kindness; nomer, equating to the medical hierar- skilled in every service a patient may All manuscripts, whether commissioned or chy (and model), with little relevance require; competent to cook food; unsolicited, are subject to peer review. Authors should disguise the identity of any patients to nursing. The original ambition was skilled in bathing and washing the referred to; names should be changed. If that medical consultants would be patient, rubbing and massaging the photographs might identify the patient, then experienced practitioners who deliv- limbs, lifting and assisting him to walk permission must be obtained. ered expert care while training more about; well-skilled in the making and The Journal of Wound Care is available in many junior colleagues. The reality is that cleaning of beds; ready, patient and libraries, and is indexed on several databases, they have become the person in whom skillful in waiting upon one that is ail- including: almost all accountability is vested and ing; and never unwilling to do any- CINAHL The Cumulative Index to Nursing and who have, according to the Secretary thing that may be needed.’ However, Allied Health Literature; of State for Health, a God-like control we must ensure that following a con- which no one, not even other consul- sultant model won’t cause nurses to INI International Nursing Index; tants, feels comfortable challenging. lose sight of their most important RCN The Royal College of Nursing Library If tissue viability nurses wishing to function — providing holistic care. Nursing Bibliography pursue the consultancy path want to Deborah Glover, BSc, RGN learn from some of these mistakes, Editor they should strive to return to the orig- REFERENCE inal ambitions for the consultant post: 1. Charaka, S. Ayurveda (a traditional Indian text). India: Published by Emap Healthcare, part of Emap that postholders should offer advice, 900 BC. Business Communications Ltd. © 2000. All rights reserved. Journal of Wound Care reader survey winners No part of this journal may be We received a large response to the Journal of Wound Care reader survey. The four winners reproduced or transmitted in any form, who each received a £25 Marks & Spencer voucher are: by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or ■ S. Griffiths, Senior Podiatrist, Aberystwyth ■ J. Hardy, RN, Barnsley any information storage or retrieval ■ A. Neilsen, RN, London ■ A. Chrzan, RN, Kidderminster system, without permission in writing A report on the survey will be published in the September issue from the Publisher. JOURNAL OF WOUND CARE JUNE, VOL 9, NO 7, 2000 307 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Wound Care Mark Allen Group

Nurse consultants must put holistic care first

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10.12968/jowc.2000.9.7.26270
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EDITORIAL EDITORIAL JOUR N AL OF WOUND CARE Nurse consultants must put Subscription inquiries: All subscriptions in the UK, Europe, USA and Canada and Rest of World holistic care first (excluding Australia and New Zealand): Emap Readerlink Ltd, Audit House, 260 Field End Road, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 9LT. Tel: 020-8956 3523 Wound care used to be every nurse’s expert knowledge, tuition and clinical e-mail: [email protected] responsibility, with other health pro- judgement to patients and colleagues. fessionals not being much involved. Professional organisations and trade Subscription rates: Annual subscription (10 issues): There are apocryphal tales of ward sis- unions have largely welcomed nurse UK personal:* £37; ters who would drop staff into vats of consultants because they’re seen as UK institutional: £70; Europe personal £52; potassium permanganate if they dared good for nursing (raising pay and sta- Europe institutional: £80; let a ‘bed sore’ develop. Since the tus thresholds). But surely the benefit Rest of world: £95. 1980s, however, wound management for health care has to be the key issue? Subscribers in Australia and New Zealand should contact: and tissue viability have become Nurses shouldn’t just want the job in Circulation Department, Emap Australia, multiprofessional specialties, and have order to climb the greasy pole for its PO Box 746, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010. Tel: 02-9581 9400 spawned a plethora of clinical nurse own sake or, indeed, to ‘prove’ that specialists and nurse practitioners. they are as good as doctors. *The personal rate is available only to UK, Although only one tissue viability Clearly, we have moved away from Australian or New Zealand subscribers paying by personal cheque or credit card. nurse consultant was announced in the following specification for a the first wave, it seems a logical arena nurse: ‘to be of good behaviour; distin- The Editor welcomes contributions to the for them to choose to strut their stuff. guished for purity; possessed of clever- journal; copies of the guide for contributors are available from the editorial office. Or is it? First, the name is a mis- ness and skill; endued with kindness; nomer, equating to the medical hierar- skilled in every service a patient may All manuscripts, whether commissioned or chy (and model), with little relevance require; competent to cook food; unsolicited, are subject to peer review. Authors should disguise the identity of any patients to nursing. The original ambition was skilled in bathing and washing the referred to; names should be changed. If that medical consultants would be patient, rubbing and massaging the photographs might identify the patient, then experienced practitioners who deliv- limbs, lifting and assisting him to walk permission must be obtained. ered expert care while training more about; well-skilled in the making and The Journal of Wound Care is available in many junior colleagues. The reality is that cleaning of beds; ready, patient and libraries, and is indexed on several databases, they have become the person in whom skillful in waiting upon one that is ail- including: almost all accountability is vested and ing; and never unwilling to do any- CINAHL The Cumulative Index to Nursing and who have, according to the Secretary thing that may be needed.’ However, Allied Health Literature; of State for Health, a God-like control we must ensure that following a con- which no one, not even other consul- sultant model won’t cause nurses to INI International Nursing Index; tants, feels comfortable challenging. lose sight of their most important RCN The Royal College of Nursing Library If tissue viability nurses wishing to function — providing holistic care. Nursing Bibliography pursue the consultancy path want to Deborah Glover, BSc, RGN learn from some of these mistakes, Editor they should strive to return to the orig- REFERENCE inal ambitions for the consultant post: 1. Charaka, S. Ayurveda (a traditional Indian text). India: Published by Emap Healthcare, part of Emap that postholders should offer advice, 900 BC. Business Communications Ltd. © 2000. All rights reserved. Journal of Wound Care reader survey winners No part of this journal may be We received a large response to the Journal of Wound Care reader survey. The four winners reproduced or transmitted in any form, who each received a £25 Marks & Spencer voucher are: by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or ■ S. Griffiths, Senior Podiatrist, Aberystwyth ■ J. Hardy, RN, Barnsley any information storage or retrieval ■ A. Neilsen, RN, London ■ A. Chrzan, RN, Kidderminster system, without permission in writing A report on the survey will be published in the September issue from the Publisher. JOURNAL OF WOUND CARE JUNE, VOL 9, NO 7, 2000 307

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