Our work
How we represent forum members
- Promoting best practice by carrying out research and producing evidence-based guidance.
- Understanding the highly specialised health care needed for the person with musculoskeletal problems and injury both before and after orthopaedic surgery.
- Organising conferences and study events to enable orthopaedic and trauma nurses to network and share innovation and best practice.
Our strategy
- Regularly engaging with orthopaedic and trauma practitioners and educators within the UK to best inform practice.
- Working in collaboration with our International colleagues.
- Working to improve patient care.
Trauma and Orthopaedic Nursing Forum Annual Report
Recent activity
- Guidance on pin site care: This updated publication includes guidance on the practice of pin site care based on expert opinion. The latest edition of this was updated and published in February 2022.
- The Forum held a very successful webinar, Developing practice in trauma and orthopaedic nursing, on 16 November 2020. Topics included:
- Nutrition - its role in wound and bone healing.
- Compartment syndrome - identification and clinical management.
- Sepsis - management and nursing care of the patient.
Page last updated - 14/07/2025
