Surgical Wound Care Types of Wounds * According to how they are acquired * Abrasion‚ laceration‚ cut/incision‚ trauma * According to the degree of wound contamination * Dependent for how the is the wound‚ if there is any antibiotic‚ other treatments * According to depth * Dermis‚ epidermis‚ subcutaneous‚ muscle Purpose * Promote wound healing * To promote optimal condition Factors affecting wound healing * Developmental considerations * Nutrition
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Nirmala Jodhan Dr. Michael DiMaio 08-12-2010 Nutrition And Wound Healing Nutrition plays a significant role in wound healing since it enables optimal healing to occur. Proper nutrition enhances the body’s ability to regain its balance. Because of children’s susceptibility to wounds‚ parents need to understand the basic process of wound healing and the role of nutrition in wound care. Wound healing takes place through three interrelated phases: inflammatory;
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may enter the wound from the air in the OR(operating room)‚ or from the instruments or surgeon(s) that come into contact with the wound. Skin bacteria are1 always present despite the throughness of the preparation of the skin. The largest inoculums of bacteria at the surgical site occur when the operation involves a body structure that ordinarily is heavily colonized by bacteria‚ such as the bowel. Procedures involving the female genital tract will encounter 106 – 107 bacterial/ml. 29
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Reflection Essay: wound care nurse Education has a substantial influence on the knowledge and proficiencies of nurses. Nurses with Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees are better prepared to participate on today’s health care system. Being part of the BSN program growth my skills in critical thinking‚ health promotion‚ leadership‚ holistic care assessment of the adult and across the lifespan‚ and management. Every one of these classes provides me with the information required to advance
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Your wound dressing should be changed two times a day in the morning and at night. We have provided a packet of supplies for 4 dressing changes and your home health nurse will be bringing additional supplies to your home tomorrow at the first visit. Detailed instructions for the dressing change is listed in the discharge paperwork‚ but I would like to personally go over the dressing change with you and your mother now. To start‚ wash your hands with antibacterial soap and place on clean gloves. Then
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will become clear just how much of a burden beauty really is. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder is a common saying that holds true in all senses. Beauty has evolved dramatically‚ and what was once considered beautiful is now passé. According to A Wound in the Face by Angela
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In diagnosing the burn wound‚ it is important for the patient to be stabilized. Evaluating the extent and depth of the burn will be helpful in making decisions regarding wound care‚ inpatient or outpatient care‚ and monitoring. The doctor uses a tool called the “Rules of Nines”’ to determine the extent of the burn. This tool has a formula that divides the top layer of the body into sections. Once the amount of the top layer has been determined‚ the doctor could decide what type of treatment is best
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they are observing for any out of the ordinary issues while eating‚ such as swallowing difficulties‚ aspiration‚ and choking while monitoring the residents intake also. After lunch is complete the nurse usually does wound care. Wound care is pretty much as it sounds treating a wound by cleaning the affected area and packing it with gauze and properly wrapping it up to keep it clean and dry so the skin doesn’t have any more breakdown or infection. Residents in a nursing facility fall quite frequently
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On last week clinical‚ I saw how a wound management meeting goes. The nurses were communicating with each other and everyone was giving their opinions about the new equipment they would be using. They discussed the benefits of it and how it would be set up. It was interesting for me to see. I learned about other types of wound that I did not know before like the mucosal membrane injury and how to tell all the different wounds apart. While on the floor with the nurses‚ I saw how they do their
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S.I.W. (pg 137) (Self inflected wounds) This anycronym is not good in one’s report as a soldier would have wounded himself to avoid to go to battle meaning that a soldier was a coward. The qoute from Yeats is already indicating something. Poem is sectioned off the prologue is the setting then the action what actually happened and then a poetic approach ‚ owen in a way is making fun of those poets who showed their patroism and telling them that they are trying to hide the harsh reality behind
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