Locating evidence-based findings on wound healing from literature can be a difficult undertaking.
There is a great need for more research and evidence regarding wound healing not only because of its scarcity, but also because of the pervasiveness and cost of chronic wounds.
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A hydrogel dressing — also known as hydrated polymer dressings — consist of 90% water in a gel base that regulate fluid exchange from the wound surface.
It absorbs small amounts of fluid and donating moisture to the wound bed.
These dressings are available in sheets, amorphous gels, or impregnated gauze and packing strips.
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I would not be not surprised if you said, “More often than I would like.” Unfortunately, that is the reality for wound care specialists today.
According to a 2018 BMJ Open article, nurse researchers found an overuse of wound treatments with limited evidence and low value. They also found an underuse of evidence-based treatments.
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As a wound care nurse, you know hand hygiene is essential in preventing infections when providing patient care, as we discuss in the blog post “The Case of the Dirty Wound Care Clinic.”
If you provide care outside of the traditional clinical settings, such as a hospital or a wound care clinic, you know how difficult it can be to maintain good hand hygiene. Without running water, gloves or sanitizer, the risk of infection or its spread is evident.
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Wound care dressings come in various shapes, sizes and have indications for their use, including collagen wound dressings.
Let’s explore which types of dressings are focused on collagen.
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The loss of moisture from any surface by evaporation is accompanied by cooling of the surface. So, as wound tissues lose moisture, a cooling effect occurs resulting in lower wound temperature.
Even a decrease of only 2 degrees Celsius is sufficient enough to affect the biological healing process of your patients. This is because cells and enzymes function optimally only at normal body temperature.
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But hyperbaric oxygen therapy — HBOT for short — is also a go-to therapy routinely used in wound care.
To learn the basics about HBOT, we spoke with wound care experts in the U.S. and abroad.
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One alteration to our daily lives is the practice of avoiding crowds in an effort to slow down the spread and decrease risk of exposure to coronavirus.
So, for everyone’s health and well-being, we’ve moved our popular Wild on Wounds Conference (WOW) to a virtual format this year.
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As you know, one of the purposes of the medical record is to reflect what nursing care was given to the patient. The entries speak to the quality of the care given.
The entries are supplemented by oral testimony at trial of those whose notations are in the medical record. A jury then decides if care was given that meets the standard of care in the situation or if the caregiver failed to meet his or her legal obligation.
The following 2020 legal court decision (Nixon v. The Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Parkshore Health Care, LLC, Four Seasons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and the New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.), illustrates the importance of nursing documentation and potential liability for patient injuries and death.
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Probably more than once. This is a hotly debated issue among wound care clinicians.
In this post, we’ll dissect the facts and provide a clear understanding of how to differentiate the two types of foot wounds.
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