Wound Care: Taking Action for Successful Wound Healing – Joan Junkin

Learn how to take action in wound care to promote successful wound healing. If chosen carefully, dressings and other wound care products can help us reach priority wound healing goals! In this recording you will learn:Moisture balance (moist wound bed and dry skin around it)Bacterial balance (keeping the count down to a tolerable level)Decreased cross-contaminationAvoiding budget breakers- such as daily dressing changes and too frequent changing of high cost dressingsOUTLINEOptimal environment for a healable woundHow to keeping bacterial counts down in the woundInfection control, wound cleansers, dressings, debridementMoisture balance plus budget balance for wound care -achieved mostly by judicious use of dressingsSmart dressings (these donate moisture to dry wounds; absorb any excess exudate)Germ control dressings help us with bacterial balancePutting it all together- developing your wound care product formularyWound characteristics that count the most for the care planMatch wound characteristics to the dressing that fits the needs of each woundModalitiesElectrical stimulation stimulates healing at all phasesUltrasound therapy includes non-contact option that takes pain out of the therapeutic equationGraftsAutografts now include an outpatient option in addition to surgical choicesAllografts include those with living cells or acellular human tissueXenografts use collagen matrix from our animal friends to assist the healing processOBJECTIVESName 2 of the newer bacterial ‘trap’ type dressings that immobilize bacteriaModify a wound care plan as exudate levels change or signs of stalling out occurList 2 appropriate indications for using gauze dressings for more than 24 hours after surgeryChoose a dressing most appropriate for a highly exudating woundSelect a dressing most appropriate for a dry to minimally exudating woundRecognize that ‘smart’ dressings donate moisture to a dry wound and absorb exudate from an exuding woundTag: Wound Care: Taking Action for Successful Wound Healing – Joan Junkin Review. Wound Care: Taking Action for Successful Wound Healing – Joan Junkin download. Wound Care: Taking Action for Successful Wound Healing – Joan Junkin  discount.