Challenges in Wound Healing: Abnormal Assessment Findings and Treatment Options

HEALTH CARE
CHALLENGES

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Prevalence of wound healing......................................................................................................1
Abnormal assessment findings of wound healing.......................................................................2
Two relevant treatment options for wound healing challenge....................................................3
The role of nurse while preventing exacerbations of wound healing challenge.........................3
The role of registered nurse while providing collaborative care to exacerbations of wound
healing issues..............................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Health care is basically refers to the maintenance and improvements of health with the
help of taking certain actions that are related to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure
related to the disease along with other physical as well as mental impairments among the people.
The challenges that has been faced by the health care sector are comes under consideration of
health care issues (McCosker & et.al. 2019). This report is based upon the Wound Healing
health care challenge. The study will elaborate the aspects by identifying abnormal assessments,
explaining the role of registered nurse along with explaining services provided by nurse at the
time of collaborative care to manage exacerbations of wound healing issue.
MAIN BODY
Prevalence of wound healing
Chronic wounds are the most significant and matter of concern issue among the
Australia. The costs that has been considered by the health care professionals for chronic
wounds in Australia are considerable and equivalent to more than 4 billion Australian dollar
which is approximately 3% of the national health care expenditure. The challenge also impacts
in negative manner over the health related quality of life of affected individuals (Nussbaum &
et.al. 2018). However, it has been evaluated from various studies that with the help of evidence
based care for chronic wounds the clinical final outcome will be improved. Anyone can suffer
from chronic wound however, some people are more vulnerable because of their age and other
conditions that are belongs to Venous leg ulcers which is the most common chronic wound seen
into the Australian primary care. Moreover, the diabetic foot issues also affects majority number
of Australians each year with having further risk of enhancement of cases in future terms.
Apart from this, it has also been evaluated that there are most of the financial and
medical barriers occurs in order to reduce the chronic wounds which involves delay from
patient's end in order to see to health care professional because sometimes the patient are unable
to afford to get their wounds treated (Nethi & et.al., (2019). This resulted into most of the pain
conditions, infection and other complications which lead towards the avoidable hospitalizations
and sometimes even death conditions. These conditions reduce the patients capability to work as
well as enjoy the life style in most appropriate manner. Sufferers of chronic wounds are also at
higher risk of having mental health issues which includes the anxiety and depression which
1