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WOUND CARE

Table 4.14

Phase IV: Panel of Expert Consultants

Name Position Agency
A. Hughes Nursing PPL* BCCA
A. Bolderston Radiation Therapy PPL* BCCA
** Radiation Oncologist **
M. McQuestion CNS*** Princess Margaret Cancer
Advanced Practice Nurse Centre
S. Chadwick CNS*** Princess Margaret Cancer
Medical Oncology Wound & Centre
Ostomy
Note. PPL*: Professional Practice Leader
**: Anonymous
CNS*** : Clinical Nurse Specialist

There were five guiding questions for input for recommendations to enable development of

collaborative guidelines for inter-professional best practice. The guiding questions are listed in

Appendix F. The experts reiterated the need and benefits of addressing this aspect of patient care

(personal communication, August 22-30, 2013). Consensus on future research priorities, along

with strategies for safety, effectiveness in wound management and an action plan to

acknowledge patients as experts concerning their own health and experiences living with cancer,

was achieved (Weeks et al., 2013). Feedback obtained from the experts is used to further

supplement the analysis of the findings from the previous phases and to propose

recommendations. Their responses are integrated into Chapter Five discussion. Therefore, the

goal of “best practice” as directed by the conceptual framework and project schematic model was

initiated.

Conclusion

The findings of the study reveal that there is considerable variability between centres in

relation to radiating through wound dressings during radiotherapy. The analysis suggests that