<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_fon-2018-0036_s_009_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c18b1Aa"><h3>Objective</h3><p>Venous leg ulceration (VLU) is one of the complications of lower extremity venous reflux and reflux disorder of severe diseases, with many adverse effects on patient’s work and life. Nowadays, more and more patients with VLU accept wound care in community setting. Clinical nurses generally take care of the patients based on their own experiences. Healing in VLU is an incredibly complex process, which puzzles even experts. The majority of general nurses do not have this level of expertise, especially those nurses serving in community. Function is the basis of nursing activities. Patients always show different clinical manifestations and self-care abilities due to various function states, which cannot be reflected completely by the existing nursing practice. How to describe nursing practice standardized in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of interventions and facilitate interdisciplinary communication is another urgent problem. Therefore, the aim of this project is to develop an accurate nursing program based on function in chronic venous leg ulcers, which can both satisfy the needs of patients and promote nursing revolution.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0036_s_010_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c18b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>This study will use International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health as a framework to choose suitable functions and to filter function classification standards of chronic venous leg ulcers through evidence-based systematic research. Nursing interventions related to VLU are selected based on Nursing Interventions Classification, adding other nursing activities by methods of evidence-based systematic review and clinical observation. Then, nursing interventions and function status are matched through steering committee. Finally, the Delphi survey method is adopted to make nursing program native and scientific.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0036_s_011_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c18b3Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This study is expected to be very significant and meaningful in using standardized nursing terminology. The nursing program established could better meet the needs of both patients with chronic venous leg ulcers and clinical nurses, promoting the development of wound specialist and standardized nursing language.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveVenous leg ulceration (VLU) is one of the complications of lower extremity venous reflux and reflux disorder of severe diseases, with many adverse effects on patient’s work and life. Nowadays, more and more patients with VLU accept wound care in community setting. Clinical nurses generally take care of the patients based on their own experiences. Healing in VLU is an incredibly complex process, which puzzles even experts. The majority of general nurses do not have this level of expertise, especially those nurses serving in community. Function is the basis of nursing activities. Patients always show different clinical manifestations and self-care abilities due to various function states, which cannot be reflected completely by the existing nursing practice. How to describe nursing practice standardized in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of interventions and facilitate interdisciplinary communication is another urgent problem. Therefore, the aim of this project is to develop an accurate nursing program based on function in chronic venous leg ulcers, which can both satisfy the needs of patients and promote nursing revolution.MethodsThis study will use International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health as a framework to choose suitable functions and to filter function classification standards of chronic venous leg ulcers through evidence-based systematic research. Nursing interventions related to VLU are selected based on Nursing Interventions Classification, adding other nursing activities by methods of evidence-based systematic review and clinical observation. Then, nursing interventions and function status are matched through steering committee. Finally, the Delphi survey method is adopted to make nursing program native and scientific.ConclusionsThis study is expected to be very significant and meaningful in using standardized nursing terminology. The nursing program established could better meet the needs of both patients with chronic venous leg ulcers and clinical nurses, promoting the development of wound specialist and standardized nursing language.

Development of an accurate nursing program based on function in chronic venous leg ulcers: protocol for matching function status with nursing interventions using the Delphi survey

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveVenous leg ulceration (VLU) is one of the complications of lower extremity venous reflux and reflux disorder of severe diseases, with many adverse...

Development of an accurate nursing program based on function in chronic venous leg ulcers: protocol for matching function status with nursing interventions using the Delphi survey

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 265 - 272

Received: Nov 24, 2017

Accepted: Apr 25, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0036

Keywords
accurate nursing program, venous leg ulceration, function status, nursing intervention classification, systematic review, Delphi survey, ICF, LUMT

© 2018 Yi-Fan Tang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Development of an accurate nursing program based on function in chronic venous leg ulcers: protocol for matching function status with nursing interventions using the Delphi survey

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 265 - 272

Received: Nov 24, 2017

Accepted: Apr 25, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0036

Keywordsaccurate nursing program, venous leg ulceration, function status, nursing intervention classification, systematic review, Delphi survey, ICF, LUMT

© 2018 Yi-Fan Tang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
accurate nursing program, venous leg ulceration, function status, nursing intervention classification, systematic review, Delphi survey, ICF, LUMT