What is it about?
The growing number of chronic wounds is a big challenge, especially for general healthcare providers. Most wound care happens in the community because hospitals discharge patients early. Community nurses spend a lot of time on wound care, but they often lack the training and experience needed for effective treatment. This leads to longer healing times and more visits, which increases healthcare costs. A 5-step wound care pathway guide has been developed to support generalist nurses and strengthen their motivation, confidence, critical thinking, and knowledge within wound care. After receiving 6 hours of training in the wound care pathway guide, nurses’ wound care skillset was evaluated.
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Why is it important?
A study in 2019 found that limited training, insecurity, and unclear guidelines are the top three challenges within wound care that generalist nurses face. However, a simplified wound care guide and targeted training can improve nurses’ knowledge, critical thinking, confidence, and self-efficacy and potentially improve wound care healing.
Perspectives
The current study showed that the Wound Care Pathway guide made wound management easier and more practical. It helped generalist nurses improve their knowledge and motivation, leading to better wound care and faster healing and encouraged them to become wound healers rather than just wound dressers.
Malene Landauro
Coloplast A/S
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This page is a summary of: The Wound Care Pathway: a Danish effect study, British Journal of Community Nursing, December 2024, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2024.0129.
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