RESUMO
The clinical and operational challenges in home care services are increasingly more acute. Quality patient care is the goal for all home care agencies. Wounds comprise over a third of all cases in home care. The most common wounds are surgical, pressure ulcers, and lower extremity vascular ulcers. The WOC Nurse can provide the expertise in wound management that promotes quality care and positive outcomes, both clinical and fiscal.
Assuntos
Serviços de Assistência Domiciliar/organização & administração , Estomia/enfermagem , Úlcera por Pressão/enfermagem , Higiene da Pele/enfermagem , Úlcera Cutânea/enfermagem , Ferimentos e Lesões/enfermagem , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Papel do Profissional de Enfermagem , Relações Enfermeiro-Paciente , Resultado do Tratamento , CicatrizaçãoRESUMO
Quite often, home health team members are presented with a challenge to provide management for a patient who has undergone a complex gastrointestinal surgery. An appropriate plan of care includes the incision, wound, and colostomy care, as well as the psychosocial support, time management, and cost issues. Many times this requires ingenuity and flexibility on the part of the home care team. Comorbidities often increase the acuity of the nursing care as well. In any case and no matter how difficult the circumstances, the goal for the patient's plan of care is to achieve an optimal outcome that will encourage independence and a feeling of self-worth.
