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Transformative education to improve wound care and sustain workforce.

While there are policy and government forces for positive change within the NHS, there are concerns regarding the national NHS workforce crisis (The Health Foundation, Kings Fund and The Nuffield Trust, 2018). The number of community nurses has fallen by 14% since 2009, with District Nurses falling...

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Published in:Wounds UK Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 48 - 54
Main Authors: SANDOZ, HEIDI, WARNER, JACQUELINE, OVENS, ELIZABETH
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: SB Communications Group, A Schofield Media Company 2019
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          Education, Competency-Based
          Wound Assessment Education
          Certified Nursing Assistants Education
          Wound Care Education
          Health Personnel, Unlicensed Education
          Community Health Services Education
          Program Evaluation
          Human
          England
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Interviews
          Competency Assessment
          Administrative Personnel
          Descriptive Statistics
      ab: While there are policy and government forces for positive change within the NHS, there are concerns regarding the national NHS workforce crisis (The Health Foundation, Kings Fund and The Nuffield Trust, 2018). The number of community nurses has fallen by 14% since 2009, with District Nurses falling even further at 45%. Staff recruitment and retention is a national and local priority (Health Education England, 2017), especially for community nursing. By partnering with wound care companies, two pilots to upskill staff in wound care were conducted to support improved wound management for community patients. Project 1, to up-skill Band 4 Healthcare Assistants (HCAs), and Project 2, to establish tissue viability (TV)- specific Band 6 roles at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. This article focuses on Project 1, a subsequent article will detail the method and outcomes of Project 2.
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