Wound healing

to promote health and well being to all. Wound Care nursing is a specialized practice within nursing that specializes in wound, ostomy and continence care. They provide direct and indirect care to patients who suffer from any form of gastrointestinal, genitourinary, or integumentary system problems. The intent of this paper is to discuss what it means to be a wounds care nurse and the roles responsibilities, and education that is required. To be a Wound care nurses there are several…

Worksheet 1 1. How would you explain the cell cycle to your patient? (20 points) Scenario: A 21-yearl-old lady came into the primary care network clinic to avail of health teachings and resources for first time mothers. After graduation from nursing school, Alisha Marston got married to her former classmate and now expecting a baby due in 7 months. After being given instructions for the blood work and necessary health teachings, I offered to further discuss how the fertilized egg in her body…

estimated 2.5 to three million patients are treated each year for pressure ulcers in the United States. Approximately 60,000 deaths occur each year as a result of pressure ulcers. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, these wounds cost $9.1 billion to $11.6 billion each year in the United States with a cost of individual patient care of $20,900 to $151,700 for each pressure ulcer. It is important to note that Medicare does not reimburse for hospital-acquired pressure…

Therefore, the Colonel’s particular ‘low-class’ environment represents the internal and unrepairable internal wound that he attempts to cover up. First and foremost, the surroundings that the Colonel places himself in recits the reminders of his pain. The story begins with the announcement that a duel is taking place in the barracks. Interestly, the use of the word barracks parallels his wound as there are hardships of one when in war. Then, the Colonel travels to the Grey Arabian tavern,…

Wound assessment and management Initial assessment of patient - The antibiotics patient is having for her chest infection. Anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the inflammatory response which necessary to prepare wound bed for granulations and affect the function of normal cells. - A right stroke which leads to the blood supply of lower limb not circulates. - Obesity. Excessive fat accumulation is one of the factors that make pressure injury become more serious and it decreases tissue perfusion. -…

Hughes begins his poem in a strange way by arranging the words "deferred dream" and using "dream deferred" instead, which makes us realize that we are not in the world of logical principles, but rather a world of poetry that helps us find the truth and oneself. The arrangement of “dream deferred” doesn’t tell the reader information about something, but makes the reader ask questions about why he chose that title. Hughes made the reader pay closer attention due to the title because he did not…

Tissue Repair in Minor Wounds The skin is the biggest protector of our bodies and its organs. It is made up of two primary layers, the epidermis and the dermis. The epidermis is the outer layer of the skin and is a membranous epithelial tissue. The dermis is the inner and thicker layer of the skin and is a fibrous connective tissue that provides strength to the skin (lecture supplement, ch.6). When injury or damage occurs to the skin, it goes through 4 different phases to repair itself. The…

Introduction This investigation will compare and contrast four advanced skin treatments that are in industry today. The four treatments that will be compared and contrasted are:- - Injectable fillers - Chemical peels - Skin needling - Environ facials Throughout this investigation into the four treatments they will be explained in-depth the areas which each treatment covers, and what they do and also how and why the treatments are used. Also the advantages and the disadvantages of each…

Routine wound assessment is an essential aspect of reaching diagnosis and monitoring the effect of dressings and treatment on wound healing, with the initial wound assessment providing baseline information which can be used to draw comparisons against future observations (Schultz et al. 2005). One aspect of the TIME assessment ‘E’- edge of wound, asks the practitioner to record the current maximum, width, depth and length of the wound; wound measurement is crucial for assessing, and providing…

to complications involving the slow healing process as a result of the diabetes. The diabetic foot ulcer is cause by diabetes mellitus which increases risk for diabetic foot ulcer. (Driver et al 891) Diabetic foot ulcer can eventually lead to amputation if not treated or if it is too advanced. now there’s a way to treat foot ulcers using synthetic skin grafts. using a bilayer of silicone and collagen, it temporally covers that open area. This allows the wound to heal without the interference of…