Journal of Community Nursing

www.jcn.co.uk Leading, supporting and educating nurses in the community since 1972 Volume 34 Number 4 August/September 2020 The definitive peer-reviewed journal promoting excellence in caring for people at home Journal of Community Nursing SKIN CARE PRESCRIBING WOUND CARE CONTINENCE NUTRITION MENTAL HEALTH LEARNING ZONE Why optimising therapeutic compression is essential Community nursing stories during Covid-19 Prejudice of enforced lockdown and its impact on the older person Assessing continence issues during the Covid-19 pandemic Improving the lives of children/teenagers with continence challenges Sepsis: the essentials Leading chefs collaborate to combat food fatigue Improving wound care services with a just in time total purchase system Reflections on returning to the front line with the Covid-19 crisis New gelling fiber technology evolves exudate management Clinical skills: wound infection Development of the hybrid tissue viability nurse/lymphoedema nurse Implementing a new approach to pressure ulcer prevention Inappropriate use of diuretics and antibiotics for wet or ‘leaky’ legs Digital rectal examination: why, who, how? Caring for patients with Parkinson’s disease during the Covid-19 pandemic