overall health status will affect the speed of the healing process. The following are factors that should be considered by the surgical team prior to and during the procedure. THE PATIENT’S AGE--With aging‚ both skin and muscle tissue lose their tone and elasticity. Metabolism also slows‚ and circulation may be impaired. All of these factors lengthen healing time. THE PATIENT’S WEIGHT--In obese patients of any age‚ excess fat at the wound site may prevent securing a good closure. In
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Paper The purpose of “Effect of nutrition on wound healing in older people: a case study” is to educate the reader about how an elderly person’s nutritional status effects the process of wound healing. It discusses the normal healing process‚ factors that may affect healing‚ and how to treat or prevent those factors. Many factors to contribute to the possibility of malnutrition in older adults and combined with their decline in physical activity‚ healing issues occur. Maintaining skin integrity is
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Reaction Paper: Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction Pam Thibeaux Liberty University Abstract In his book Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction written by Dr. Mark Laaser he gives us a glimpse into the life of those addicted to sex. Mark Laaser set out to increase understanding of sexual addiction as a disease. He leads us to discover how sexual addiction takes over the life of the sexually addicted person and causes devastation from a Christian world view. In his book Dr. Laaser
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Healing from the There isn’t much left of a person after four years of severe abuse. When the physical‚ psychological‚ and sexual abuse comes at the hand of the person who has promised to love you for the rest of your life‚ the scars go much deeper than the surface. Those scars take more than bandages to heal. Covering them up and making them invisible only made the damage more complex. The wasn’t much left of me when I finally sought help. There wasn’t much left inside‚ but on the outside I actually
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contemporary wound dressings and management techniques. I will be comparing the traditional dressings with today’s current modern dressing. When choosing a dressing many circumstances have to be accessed as what type of wound is it? This makes it a lot harder on which dressing should be used as there are so many different types available today. Many that are used in the veterinary practice are in fact used by humans. When a wound is healing it is important to know the stages of healing so you can
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Healing Hospitals “The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole. No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul. Let no one persuade you to cure the head until he has first given you his soul to be cured‚ for this is the great error of our day‚ that physicians first separate the soul from the body.” -Plato Most hospitals today focus mainly on technology‚ medical interventions and treating symptoms of a disease. Care can be a very impersonal experience
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‘Wound care: selecting the right dressings’ Author: Merlin-Manton‚ Elizabeth‚ Tissue viability nurse‚ Worcester acute hospital. Quantitative research‚ Case report; Blind Peer Reviewed; Editorial Board Reviewed; Europe; Expert Peer Reviewed; Nursing; Peer Reviewed; UK & Ireland. ‘This article discusses the clinical aspects of wound healing the importance of selecting the right dressings for wound. Topics discussed include the two main types of wounds‚ wound closure‚ moisture balance which promotes
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relation to the safe management and promotion of wound healing This essay will focus on the holistic care of Mr Jones‚ with particular attention to the management of his wound. The points that will be discussed and analysed are the role of the skin‚ wound assessment‚ the nutritional status of Mr Jones and the problem of his obesity. Added to this‚ an analytical discussion of the involvement of the multi-disciplinary team‚ the way that Mr Jones’ wound should be managed including the problem of infection
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Wound care (Pressure Ulcer) Descriptions During community placement‚ my mentor and I visited M (patient)‚ a 75years old lady‚ who was presented with a Pressure Ulcer‚ on the heel of her right leg. On arrival‚ my mentor asked me to manage M’s wound. However‚ I have observed and participate in carrying out this skill (wound care) with my mentor on several occasions. I explained the procedure to M and gained her consent to carry out the procedure. The preparation and application of aseptic technique
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Healing Crystals is a form of alternative medicine that has become extremely popular in our modern world. The use of crystals‚ amulets‚ and other artifacts however isn’t something new and dates back to the Egyptians. They used it decorate their jewelry‚ but also for protection and health. Another great civilization to use crystals were the Greeks. Like todays users they had different properties assigned to each stone‚ for example they had a stone that supposedly keeps you from getting drunk or hung
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