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Dr Omorogieva Ojo discusses the findings of a small study which evaluated the effectiveness of a home enteral nutrition nursing team

Dr. Omorogieva Ojo PhD, RPHNutr. is Acting Service Lead, Home Enteral Nutrition Team, Lewisham Primary Care Trust

Article accepted for publication: January 2010

Acknowledgements: I wish to acknowledge the support provided by Vikki-Rose Brown in developing the nutrition nursing review criteria.

Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga discusses the use of the Waterlow assessment tool in wound management

Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga RGN, BSc (Hons), (BSc Hons) Specialist Community Practice (District Nursing), currently reading for an MSc Skin integrity skills and treatments is a Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist, City and Hackney Primary Care Trust, London

Article accepted for publication: September 2009

Acknowledgement: The author would like to acknowledge the contribution of Mr. Prince Sunkwa-Mills, a student in MSc Health Informatics, who assisted in some of the research for this article.

In their second article Kim Young & Linda Duggan examine the identification of ‘red flags’ when undertaking a history& address ‘safety-netting’

Kim Young MSc, PGCE, RN, NT, Dip HE Nursing is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing & Health Studies.

Linda Duggan MSc, BSc (Hons), Dip HE (District Nursing), RN, DN, NT is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing & Prescribing.

Both authors are employed at the School of Nursing & Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth.

Article accepted for publication: March 2010

Topics:  Red flags

Morag McKenzie discusses the use of compression therapy for a variety of leg ulcers

Morag McKenzie RGN, BSc Community Health Nursing, PG Dip Wound Healing & Tissue Repair is a District Nurse, Ormiston, Lothian Health Board, Scotland,

Article accepted for publication: December 2009

Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga critically analyses the needs of hard to reach groups in TB management and discusses a model of care that can be adopted

Edwin Tapiwa Chamanga RGN, BSc (Hons), Specialist Community Practice (District Nursing), currently reading for an MSc Skin integrity skills and treatments is a Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist, City and Hackney Primary Care Trust, London

Article accepted for publication: September 2009

Rebecca Laurie analyses the current literature available on larval therapy and MRSA eradication. By highlighting the findings in key literature this article aims to provide the clinician with strong evidence to promote larval therapy as a treatment of choice for MRSA infected wounds rather than one of last resort

Rebecca Laurie RN (Dip N) is Leg Ulcer Clinic Lead, Derbyshire County PCT

Article accepted for publication: January 2010

Topics:  NHS savings