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Do we care?. Karin Timm – van Ruitenburg Nursing Specialist IJsselland Hospital, dermatology Capelle aan den IJssel. “He jests at scars that never felt a wound” (“ Wie nooit een wonde voelde, lacht om pijn”). (William Shakespeare ). Master Advanced Nursing Practice.
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Do we care? Karin Timm – van Ruitenburg Nursing Specialist IJsselland Hospital, dermatology Capelleaan den IJssel
“He jests at scars that never felt a wound”(“Wie nooit een wonde voelde, lacht om pijn”) (William Shakespeare)
Master Advanced Nursing Practice Influence on pain in venous leg ulcer
Pain • 15% recorded in patient files (Lorimer et al. 2003) • Feature of arterial disease or infection (Walshe 1995; Charles 2002) • VAS between 3.9 (Noonan et al. 1998) and 4.4 (Charles 2002)