Reflections on lymphoedema deployment into community services during the pandemic.
Br J Community Nurs
; 26(Sup10): S30-S35, 2021 Oct 01.
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| ID: mdl-34542312
ABSTRACT
During the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, district nursing teams were overwhelmed with their caseload due to the palliative care needs of their patients. This led to patients with wet legs and chronic wounds deteriorating due to staffing levels. Therefore, the Swansea Bay University Health Board and Lymphoedema Network Wales teams redeployed two working time equivalents (WTE) into the community to take over the management of these patients with chronic wounds for 4 months. The clinicians came from a variety of different backgrounds, including nursing, physiotherapy, emergency medicine and occupational therapy. Between the teams, 866 visits were carried out over the 4-month period, where patients' compression therapy was altered to promote healing and reduce oedema. At the end of the 4-month period, 21% of the patients were discharged off the district nursing caseload completely, while of the 60% who were still active caseload patients, 35% were in increased compression and 20% had reduced need for visits.
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Assunto principal:
Enfermagem em Saúde Comunitária
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Pandemias
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COVID-19
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Linfedema
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Br J Community Nurs
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article