How do I become a tissue viability nurse UK?
Study a Level 6 course specifically designed for healthcare professionals working with patients who have needs related to skin integrity and wound care.
Build your knowledge and skills in anatomy and pathophysiology.
Explore theoretical and contemporary issues in wound care..
How many tissue viability nurses are there in the UK?
In the UK: there are 2.2 million people with chronic wounds, the management of which is estimated to cost the National Health Service ( NHS ) \xa35.3 billion per year. 87% of patients are cared for in the community by district nurses supported by a unique network of over 748 specialist-tissue viability nurses..
What does a TVN nurse do?
The Tissue Viability Nurses deliver advice and support to both adult and child patients, as well as staff, in a number of different ways.
This includes supporting inpatients and patients cared for in the wider community by district nurses, practice nurses, and providing help and advice to care homes..
What does TVN do?
The Tissue Viability Service
The Tissue Viability Nurses deliver advice and support to both adult and child patients, as well as staff, in a number of different ways..
What is Kent Community health Strategy?
KCHFT's We care strategy for 2023 to 2028 will help us make the biggest breakthroughs in patient care and people's working lives.
It includes four big ambitions: Putting communities first: Everyone has the same chance to lead a healthy life, no matter who they are, or where they live..
What is the meaning of tissue viability?
"Tissue viability is a growing speciality that primarily considers all aspects of skin and soft tissue wounds including acute surgical wounds, pressure ulcers and all forms of leg ulceration." - (Tissue Viability Society 2009).
Pressure ulcers are an injury that breaks down the skin and underlying tissue..
What is the role of a TVN?
The Tissue Viability Nurses deliver advice and support to both adult and child patients, as well as staff, in a number of different ways.
This includes supporting inpatients and patients cared for in the wider community by district nurses, practice nurses, and providing help and advice to care homes..
What is tissue viability clinic?
Our tissue viability teams provides assessment and treatment for patients with complex non-healing wounds including pressure ulcers, leg ulcers, fungating wounds and post-operative wounds..
Why is tissue viability important?
The Tissue Viability Service supports patients with wounds such as bed sores, leg ulcers, diabetic wounds, and other wounds that have failed to heal over time..
- Email the completed referral form to tissue.viability6@nhs.net or in an emergency fax 0121 466 3611.
- In the UK: there are 2.2 million people with chronic wounds, the management of which is estimated to cost the National Health Service ( NHS ) \xa35.3 billion per year. 87% of patients are cared for in the community by district nurses supported by a unique network of over 748 specialist-tissue viability nurses.
- KCHFT's We care strategy for 2023 to 2028 will help us make the biggest breakthroughs in patient care and people's working lives.
It includes four big ambitions: Putting communities first: Everyone has the same chance to lead a healthy life, no matter who they are, or where they live. - Our tissue viability teams provides assessment and treatment for patients with complex non-healing wounds including pressure ulcers, leg ulcers, fungating wounds and post-operative wounds.
- Study a Level 6 course specifically designed for healthcare professionals working with patients who have needs related to skin integrity and wound care.
Build your knowledge and skills in anatomy and pathophysiology.
Explore theoretical and contemporary issues in wound care.
