UOSP071 Wound Care

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Bc. Jana Kozubová, RN (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Bc. Jana Kozubová, RN
Institute of Paramedical Health Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with findings and skills in the field of nursing care of acute and chronic wounds. Having finished the course, the students orientate themselves in the issues of wound care and they will be able to provide nursing care of specific clinical statuses.
Syllabus
  • 1. General information on wounds, types of wounds, mechanisms of wound initiation. Healing process. Nutrition requirements. Nursing estimations and nursing diagnoses of wound care. Local therapeutic measures, general therapeutic measures.
    2. Dry wound treatment. Wet wound treatment. Requirements for dressing (bandaging) material based on types of wounds.
    3. Nursing care of clients with surgical wounds. Nursing care of clients with acute traumatic defect.
    4. Infections in wounds. Types of infections, treatment of infected wounds.
    5. Pressure ulcer (decubitus), mechanism of pressure ulcer development, prevention, pre-emptive detection. Pressure ulcer stages and their gravity for a human organism.
    6. Nursing care of clients with pressure ulcers based on a disease stage.
    7. Diabetic leg syndrome, predispositions of disease development, preventive measures, pre-emptive detection.
    8. Nursing care of clients with the diabetic leg syndrome based on a disease stage. The venous ulceration, the mechanism of development, preventive measures, predisposition for disease development, pre-emptive detection of the defect.
    9. Nursing care of clients suffering from the venous ulceration based on the stage of the disease.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ZEMAN, M. A KOL. Chirurgická propedeutika. Praha: Grada, 2003. info
  • KUBICOVÁ, Ľ. A KOL. Chirurgické ošetrovateľstvo. Martin: Osveta, 2005. info
  • BUREŠ, I. Léčba rány: Care 3. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2006. info
  • KRIŠKOVÁ, A. A KOL. Ošetrovateľské techniky. 2. dopl.vyd. Martin: Osveta, 2006. info
  • RIEBELOVÁ, V., VÁLKA, J., FRANCŮ, M. Trendy soudobé chirurgie. Svazek 3. Dekubity. Prevence, konzervativní a chirurgická terapie. Praha: Galén, 2000. info
  • MONSPORTOVÁ, M. Hospicová péče. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2012. URL info
  • TOŠENOVSKÝ, P., EDMONDS, M.E. Moderní léčba syndromu diabetické nohy. Praha: Galén, 2004. ISBN 80-7262-261-7. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
A credit test and demonstration of skills while caring wounds. A seminar essay on the assigned topic in the extent of 3 pages (A4-format, a case report can be included).
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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