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Wound care provision in an out of hours District Nursing Service
journal contribution
posted on 2018-03-13, 13:03 authored by Melanie StephensMelanie Stephens, Judith Jones, Tracey SmithIn England and Wales, more than 2.6 million people receive care from a
district nurse each year (Queens Nursing Institute [QNI], 2009) and an
often unreported area of this service is the out-of-hours service
provided from 6pm to 8am daily and at weekends. The complexities of such
a service are clearly described by Wilson and Taylor (2011), who
explain that, during the night, patients are often very frightened and
vulnerable due
to the limited availability of healthcare provision. This article will,
therefore, define what is meant by out-of-hours nursing service and
explore the complexities of delivering wound management during the night
to patients in their own homes.