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    When he did go back to church, his back had flared up again. His walker became his constant companion. Using the walker brought a scowl to the faces of some people. They would ask each other. “Wasn’t he healed? Why is he always sick?” One man told him that the reason he was always sick was because there was sin in his life. Tank had read the book of Job several times. He knew that when they said that very same thing to Job, it was ludicrous. Still, he was unable to apply the same to his life.…

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    Wound management requires a skill and time in acquiring a fulfilling task. In fact, complicated wounds that are either acute or chronic can be seen in most surgical wards. Through the significance of the literature review, five articles will be explored in identifying their aims, relationship, differences and its relevance to the nursing standard. In Yao et al (2012), their retrospective cohort study was conducted to determine the efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in comparison…

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    Carbon in Wound Care Malodor, or odors that come from wounds, can be a challenge for both the patient and the care giver. The malodor can be quite unpleasant and may make the patient feel uncomfortable or embarrassed from it, causing them to isolate themselves and possibly delay much needed treatments. Delay of treatment can either prolong the healing process or make the wound worse. The odor usually comes from anaerobic bacteria that colonizes dead and dying tissues of wounds. The wound does…

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    Proper care for an open wound can lead to a quick recovery and a decreased risk of infection. An infection is caused by exposure to bacteria and pathogens. If an open wound contracts an infection, then it can lead to further complications with the healing process. Therefore, is it important to keep the wound dressing changed regularly. There are several key steps to follow from the removal of the bandages to reapplying new bandages. The first step in changing an open wound bandage is gathering…

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    • Nursing Diagnosis: Risk for impaired skin integrity related to an alteration in metabolism as evidenced by patients complaints of itchiness. Risk factors of chemical substance- accumulation of bile salts in the skin and changes in skin turgor evidenced by the 4+ pitting edema. Goal: Patient will maintain skin integrity Outcome: Patient will remain free of skin breakdown throughout the shift. Interventions: • Explain the side effects that the continued scratching could cause. Provide ways to…

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    In the 1860s, there was neither a doctor nor even nurse that had yet come up or establishes biology and was semi dumb of the causes and reasons of such diseases in the 1860s. In the Civil War doctors went too medical school for only about two or four years more of school. Now in the Civil War time period medical improvements were so little, they practically wasn’t there at all, and that goes the same for doctors. The medicine time in the 1860s was the new start of the equipment that we use today…

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    Traditionally, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) has been used for chronic wounds, like non healing diabetic ulcerations or dehisced surgical incisions. NPWT is quite successful for these types of wounds, but recently there has been a trend to use NPWT for burn victims. This paper summarizes a case of 5 patients who were burned in a dust explosion in Taiwan in 2015 and NPWT was used, not only to treat the wounds, but also to facilitate the skin grafting. NPWT was first approved for use by…

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    Non Surgical Debridement

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    Introduction Enzymatic non-surgical wound debridement is a treatment to remove dead tissue from a wound. This helps the wound heal. This treatment uses an ointment or spray that contains proteins (enzymes) that can break down dead tissue in the wound over time. This allows your body to repair the wound by growing more healthy tissue. Depending on the wound, this treatment may be used along with another technique to remove dead tissue (debridement), such as: Surgical debridement. Autolytic…

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    a nursing method that focuses on the healing of the whole being. The whole being is the patients mind, body, spirit, and environment. Physical injuries are typically accompanied by other problems as well, that are not necessarily physical. Holistic care of a patient is important because if nurses only tend to a patient’s physical needs, then they are neglecting other major aspects of a person that are imperative for healing. In order to achieve complete healing of a patient these four areas…

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    prescribed by Jewish law and custom) and shouting at him, “Lord, have mercy on me!” Our OT lesson story of the healing of Naaman and the healing of 10 lepers are very unique healing stories we hear today. Let us see why they are so unique. Naaman was a commander of the army. He was a foreigner. He was a mighty warrior, but suffered from leprosy. The slave girl who was responsible for the healing was a Samaritan prisoner of war a servant of Naaman’s wife. She had been torn from her home and…

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