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Wound Care Management NURS2007

   

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Running header: Wound care management 1Policies, procedures, and protocols for wound care management.Student’s nameInstitutional Affiliation

Wound care management 2Introduction According to Thomas, (1990 pp. 300-310) a wound is a break or a defect on/in the skin asa result of mechanical, physical or thermal damage. It might also develop as a result of an underlying physiological or medical disorder. Collier, (2002 pp. 55-63) it is an abnormal break inthe (skin) intact and normal covering of the body. A wound is a break in the dermis or epidermis as a result of pathological changes or trauma on the skin or body, (Collins, Hampton and white 2002). Wounds can be classified according to their severity: acute, chronic, palliative, healed wounds. McCulloch, (2014) wound management involves assessing both the wound and the patient. Then planning intervention using the assessment data obtained. The third thing is regularevaluation of these interventions and lastly educating the patient and the care giver on the woundmanagement after being discharged. The policy main aims are to guide the health care providers on having a standardized way/method/approach towards wound care which will be within the holistic framework of care. Wound healing process is one aspect of the body’s response to trauma/injury, for complete healing the whole person (holistic care) needs to be attended to not just the wound, (Dealey (2005).It was also developed so as to be of assistance to the nursing staffwhen managing the wounds so that they can be able to choose the appropriate dressings. The market has over 2000 types of wound dressing materials.Policies, procedures, and protocolsTheir purpose. All the policies formulated on wound care management have similarities. They all have similar targets. 1) Provision of a standardized approach within the holistic care framework in wound care. 2) To ensure there is the appropriate management of surgical, acute and chronic

Wound care management 3wounds. 3) To make sure that the most appropriate product for wound care is being utilized so asto achieve patient's comfort, cost effectiveness, and the most importantly optimum wound healing. 4) It’s a guideline for the nurses to ensure that there are no omissions while managing the wounds that can cause lead to delayed healing or even complications (Australian Wound Management Association, 2010). 5) To help in promoting and having a coordination in systematic approaches towards wound management and ensuring that the patient’s quality of life is maintained while making it known to them that it is not always possible to achieve a complete healing. 5) The last common purpose of the policies and procedures towards wound managementis to ensure that the wound care complies with all the requirements as dictated by the Health Act (2006a). It states that there should be a specific Code of professional Practice aimed at reducing the infections related/associated with healthcare (NWS Ministry of Health, Infection Control, 2007)Two different policies, procedures and protocols on Wound care management. I identified two policies on wound dressing addressing different institutions. The first one is addressing the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals. Written by Sue Johnson who is the leading nurse in wound care and Tracy Vernon who is the lead nurse tissue viability. This policy was approved on 2012 and was recently reviewed in 2015. The second policy is the wound management procedures and policy in the community setting. The target group was NHS WalsallCommunity Health and Allied Health Care Professionals. It was written by Elaine Westwood and directed by the lead nurse Tissue viability. Was published in 2013. As mentioned earlier policies on wound management have similar aims although they all differ. Examples of the

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