Chronic Wound Care: Nursing Assessment And Intervention Chronic Wound Care: Nursing Assessment and Intervention Chronic Wound Care: Nursing Assessment and Intervention Chronic wounds are a challenge for both the clinician and the patient. For the nurse, issues of chronic wound care include the type of wound, the condition of the patient, and presence of infections, possible antibiotic therapy, and patient education on chronic wound care management. For the patient, issues revolve around how the

Complete Care Plan Associated care plan completed None -- done Additional research, collaboration, consultation. Additional Risk Factors Very specific evaluation Collaborative or nursing issues that are important but may, by necessity, be delayed Priority identification -- anticipate problem prior to formalizing plan Review, Revise, Assess Fluid and continuous Depending on treatment outcome Surgery or treatment may accentuate (Carpenito-Moyet, 2009, 25-31) Process and Planning -- The nursing care plan is a guide, but is meant to be fluid and responsive to the patient's individual

The prescriptions include wisdom, honesty, and courage, as well as human dignity, integrity, respect, health, and independence. Part 3: Formulate possible evidence-based practices and an action plan that could work towards achieving improvement outcomes. Provide insight into the diagnostic processes (e.g., root cause analysis) used to determine the primary causes of the problem. Consider both qualitative (cause-effect diagram, barrier analysis), and quantitative (theory testing or drill down analysis) methods. Analyze the cost-effectiveness

Nurse Case Management for Pregnant Women Experiencing or at Risk for Abuse," by Curry et al. The research article chosen to critique is titled, "Nurse Case Management for Pregnant Women Experiencing or at Risk for Abuse." This title accurately reflects the topic of the research study. The topic of the study is very specific and narrow. It would not be of broad interest to many nurses. However, the issue of

Learning in adults is most effectual when the environment is both participative and interactive. Another important characteristic is that learners obtain instantaneous feedback. Teaching methods that necessitate a learner to think though data or information and come to a conclusion or forecast an outcome are more valuable than is reading or lecture. "The minute-to-minute care and monitoring of critically ill patients requires nurses to collect, analyze, and react to

Nursing informatics has been defined as, "a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice" (Shuler, 2011). The systems development life cycle (SDLC) is a conceptual model used in project management that describes the stages involved in the information system development, from a feasibility study to the maintenance of the completed system (Rouse, 2009). With these