Developing a Framework for Critiquing Perceptions of Healing Wounds via Medical-Grade Honey

Developing a Framework for critiquing perceptions
of healing wounds via medical-grade honey
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Main Body
The article that is being undertaken for critiquing is “Older patients' experiences and
perceptions of having their wounds treated with medical-grade honey” (Older patients’
experiences and perceptions of having their wounds treated with medical-grade honey, 2018).
The rationale behind critiquing this article is to have understanding related with experiences of
usage of medical-grade honey and other is perceptions of honey like a natural folkloric medicine.
It is essential to critique this article as it will assist us acknowledge the impact that is being
created by honey and what all kinds of wounds can be treated by its usage. It will provide with a
broader insight into usage of honey as a folkloric medicine (Boyar, 2018). In addition to this, by
going through this paper, this will also be analysed that any antimicrobial wound dressing will be
able to provide better outcomes or honey will be better. By acknowledgement of experiences that
have been acquired by older patients along with their perspectives provides a new direction to
treat wounds thereby provides enhanced options, affirmative experiences and there compliance
with treatment.
For critiquing this research paper Caldwell critiquing tool will be used and reason for its
usage is that it will provide all the critical aspects both in terms of quantitative as well as
qualitative can be accessed by its usage. Evidence-based practice (EBP) refers to integration of
individuals clinical expertise with external clinical evidences that are attained from systemic
research (Elsass, 2017). The rationale behind making use of EBP is to furnish effectual care
which is available for improvising patients results. This also have efficient role within making
sure that finite health resources are wisely utilised and it will further aid in the process of
decision making. The research paper has revealed the complexity that is related with making use
of medical-grade honey for treating wounds and also highlight experiences along with
perceptions of patients.
Jennifer Bayron (2019), illustrates different wounds like tibial, traumatic leg wound and
LLE injury has been depicted which are treated by making use of honey (Medical-grade Honey
as an Alternative to Surgery: A Case Series, 2019). It is identified that medical-grade honey has
gamma irradiated which enables sterilization without any kind of loss within their antibacterial
impact of honey. The new framework to critique older patients experience as well as perceptions
related with medical grade honey is presented within this article. It has been identified that there
are existent frameworks for dealing with quantitative research paradigm. On the other hand in
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context of qualitative research there are frameworks but are complex that needs higher levels of
study. The framework that will be illustrated within this article will illustrate both qualitative and
quantitative in single list of queries. This will aid them within having in-depth insight into both
these methods with reference to treatment of wounds with medical grade honey (Halstead and
et.al., 2016). The rationale behind study is to capture along with explore meanings that are being
assigned by participants while utilisation of medical grade honey for treating wounds. The usage
of honey within treating people is illustrated but it fails to clearly specify that what will be after
impact created by this like any kind of itching or for how long this will be impactful. It becomes
important to analyse all the aspects in careful manner through which it can become easy to
acknowledge overall impact that will be made.
Abdul M Seckam (2020), illustrates requirement for competent as well as able health care
practitioners is self evident. One way to attain competence is via evidence based practices in
which health professionals are anticipated for being intelligent consumers. It has been identified
that after 65 years of age, susceptibility for wounds gets common because of declined immunity
and epidermis (Abdul M Seckam, 2020). In addition to this, antibiotics are increasingly
becoming inefficacious due to wound pathogens because of inadequate and excessive usage.
Therefore, the researcher has opted for rediscovering applications of making use of ancient
remedies. An instance can be taken into consideration like honey is described like an ancient
remedy and in 2004, this was prescribed across UK. Different authors have critiqued the work as
though antibiotics are not sufficient for dealing with problems that are faced by older people but
same goes with honey as they cannot completely heal the wound and even in case if this happens
then also it is time consuming method. This illustrates that it is not apt method for dealing with
the situations.
Gerhard Whitworth (2018), illustrated that honey is being used for treating wounds from
years and it is great for healing distinct wounds. This involved licensed honey for wound care
and this is being utilised for treating different wounds that comprises of sloughy wounds,
pressure ulcers, traumatic wounds, surgical incision sites, burns, etc. The emphasis is laid on
providing insight with respect to whether honey is regarded as best or worse for treating distinct
mixed acute, chronic wounds and different leg ulcers and burns Reza Yaghoobi (2013),
illustrated that honey comprises of anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-oxidant properties.
This can be utilised for dressing wounds for promoting improvised and rapid healing (Evidence
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