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Health Care Initiative To Evaluate The Impact Of A Nurse Practitioner Led Community Wound Care Service On Emergency Department Utilization, Sherry Morrell
Health Care Initiative To Evaluate The Impact Of A Nurse Practitioner Led Community Wound Care Service On Emergency Department Utilization, Sherry Morrell
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Nurse Practitioners (NP) diagnose and treat wounds and wound-related conditions based on their advanced scope of practice. An NP with graduate-level wound care education (NP(W)) gains additional knowledge and clinical experience to provide comprehensive wound care.
This research aimed to explore community patients’ access to wound care in Southwestern Ontario (Canada). A quality improvement project was initiated utilizing stakeholder feedback to develop and implement a 12-week pilot NP(W)-Led community-based wound care service; the NP(W) wound care practices, clinical outcomes, and adverse events were described. One hundred twelve participants attended the service over 117 visits. The NP(W) services included prescribing and …