Significance: The accurate assessment and documentation of wounds are essential for developing a comprehensive plan of care, improving interdisciplinary communication, evaluating the effectiveness of wound care therapies, and protecting the hospital against litigation. Digital photography is a novel adjunct ...
a practitioner – often without specialized knowledge of wounds – inspects, measures, images, and documents each of the patient’s wounds. Despite all their time and efforts, traditional methods can lead to questionable accuracy, inconsistent quality, and poor compliance with documentation standards....
- 《Journal of Wound Ostomy & Continence Nursing Official Publication of the Wound Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society》 被引量: 18发表: 2013年 Chapter 3. General Principles of Wound Management Summary This chapter contains section titled: Introduction Wound assessment Managing wounds Documentation ...
Wound measurement is an essential part of wound assessment. It should be recorded on initial presentation, and at regular defined intervals as part of the reassessment process. There are various methods available to measure wounds and it is important to use the same method each time, with the p...
Results and Conclusions: A structured, standardized and evidence-based concept of describing wounds is not only important for management of wounds, but also because of legal and professional aspects. Experts uniformly agreed on the beneficial influence of photograph documentation in wound management, ...
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Wounds and InjuriesClinical ProtocolsQuestionnairesNursing RecordsNursing Evaluation ResearchCommunity Health NursingHome Care ServicesNursing AssessmentOrganizational PolicyThe purpose of this study was to determine the status of wound care management among home health agencies (HHAs) in the U.S. The survey...
Conclusion: Three-dimensional photography has the potential to play a role in management options; however, current technical issues limit its potential and the incorporation of a highly defined image (similar to that of a standard digital 2D photograph) within its 3D representation would make it ...
Indicators of abuse through physical examination are largely related to visible wounds and patterns of injury (see Table 2). This visible evidence can be discerned only if the woman’s body is examined unclothed. Telltale bruises may be hidden under sleeves or slacks. Although originally ...
Integument: Turgor, integrity, color, and temperature, Braden Risk Assessment, diaphoresis, cold, warm, flushed, mottled, jaundiced, cyanotic, pale, ruddy, any signs of skin breakdown, chronic wounds Initial Assessment[10][11][12] Steps in Evaluating a New Patient ...