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Ellie Lindsay

Publications and source records attributed to Ellie Lindsay.

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PubMed2006

We listen but do we hear? The importance of patient stories.

Patients' perspectives on their illness and care are increasingly recognized as the focus for the organization of health care, yet patient stories are rarely examined on their own. Mostly, they are dissected for data, and so the impact is lost. This article presents a number of story tellers, all patients with leg wounds attending a social clinic. Reading their stories helps us understand the experience of being a patient and living with difficult and painful leg wounds. They also show how nurses can play a critical role in optimizing the power of the story in the patient's journey towards physical and psychological healing.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed2005

Improved healing rates for chronic venous leg ulcers: pilot study results from a randomized controlled trial of a community nursing intervention.

Venous leg ulcers are a frequent source of chronic ill-health and a considerable cost to health-care systems. This paper reports pilot study results from a randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a community-based 'Leg Club' environment on improving healing rates of venous leg ulcers. Leg Clubs offer a setting where people with similar problems can socialize in a supportive, information-sharing environment. A sample of 33 clients with a below-knee venous leg ulcer were randomized to treatment, either in their own homes or in a community Leg Club. Treatment was provided to all participants, whether in the control group or intervention group, by a team of trained wound-care nurses following evidence-based assessment and treatment guidelines. Data were collected on admission to the study and at 12 weeks from admission. Results showed a significant improvement in healing in the intervention group compared to the control group, as measured by ulcer area size and Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing scores. These results suggest that a community Leg Club environment provides benefits additional to wound care expertise and evidence-based care. Knowledge gained from this study provides evidence to guide service delivery and improve client outcomes.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed2005

Zinc paste bandages and the treatment of Flegel's disease.

Such is their prevalence in the population that community nurses are very likely to encounter unfamiliar dermatological problems during their practice, many of which will have been self-treated for some time before professional help is sought. This article reports a case of a rare congenital condition called Flegel's disease, which leads to the presence of small horny papules on the skin, predominantly on the legs. In this case, the papules had deteriorated and were causing wider problems.

Administration, Topical↗
PubMed2004

The Lindsay Leg Club Model: a model for evidence-based leg ulcer management.

Leg Club is a unique model of community-based leg ulcer care. By providing nursing care in a non-medical, social environment, the model has several benefits: it removes the stigma associated with leg ulcers and helps isolated older people reintegrate into their communities, which in turn improves concordance and has a positive impact on healing and recurrence rates. In an atmosphere of de-stigmatisation, empathy and peer support, positive health beliefs are promoted and patients take ownership of their treatment. The Leg Club model creates a framework in which nurses, patients and local community can collaborate as partners in the provision of holistic care. The model also provides an environment for appropriate supportive education, advice and information.

Community Health Centers↗
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Care study: the Leg Club Model and the sharing of knowledge.

The empowerment of patients can be considered an important part of the nurses' role in the management of chronic venous leg ulcers. This article describes how one individual's healing rate improved when she was given greater control over her own care by a partnership formed with her nursing team. The negative impact of a subsequent change to a more autocratic care regime is discussed. The authors investigate how nurse education, reflection and sharing best practice could overcome barriers to patients becoming more involved in their own individualized wound management and treatment. The role of the Leg Club Model (a clinic held in a social environment as opposed to a medical setting) in promoting an environment of collaborative working, open communication and knowledge sharing is examined.

Bandages↗
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Chronic venous leg ulcers: effect of a community nursing intervention on pain and healing.

AIM: To investigate the effectiveness of a new community nursing model of care for clients with chronic leg ulcers in terms of levels of pain and ulcer healing. METHOD: A randomised controlled trial comparing the new model of care with standard community nursing care was conducted with a sample of 56 clients with chronic venous leg ulcers, 28 clients in the intervention group and 28 in the control group. Data were collected on admission to the study and at 12 weeks from admission. RESULTS: Significant improvements in levels of pain and ulcer healing were found in the intervention group receiving the new model of care. CONCLUSION: Results from this study have implications for health professionals providing care for clients with chronic leg ulcers.

Aged↗
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Short-stretch compression bandages and the foot pump.

Short-stretch compression bandages have been shown to be as cost-effective and efficient as other compression systems in healing venous ulcers, independent of associated factors (Scriven et al, 1998; Nelson, 1996). However, as they do not contract around a limb they do not exert pressure during inactivity (resting pressure) (Klose Norton, 2003). But their stability creates a high resistance to stretch when pressure is applied through internal muscle contraction and joint movement (working pressure) (Tuckwood, 1996).

Bandages↗