Lecture Outline Figures, Tables, and Resources and In-Class Outside Assignments/ Notes Instructor’s Features Activities Evaluation Text PPT Content page slide Discuss the factors that affect 21–27 Figures Pre-Lecture Quizzes Written Assignments 31-2 Wound Fill-in-the-Blank Visit a health care wound healing (age, circulation 966 complications, p. 965, facility to assess and The partial or total to and oxygenation of tissues, PPT slide 26 document the condition nutritional status, condition of the separation of wound layers of a patient recovering is known as wound, immunosuppression, 31-3 Fistula, p. from a serious wound. ________________, the medications, overall patient Write a brief report result of excessive stress health). Focus on the Older discussing the process on wounds that are not Review the complications that Adult of wound healing, the may occur with wound healing healed. Nursing Strategies to factors that affect this (infection, hemorrhage, Address Age-Related process, and the Discussion Topics dehiscence and evisceration, Changes in Wound Compare and contrast the condition of the wound fistula formation) and the Healing, p. 964 healing process (including assessed. psychological effects of wounds factors that will affect that on the patient (pain, anxiety, fear, process) between the following Group Assignments impact on activities of daily Interview experienced two patients: An elderly living, change in body image). nurses in various health patient who presented with a care settings about their stage I pressure ulcer last week experience with caring and a 25-year-old with an for patients with abdominal stab wound that was pressure ulcers. Then, surgically repaired 2 days ago. answer the following related questions and List all the physical factors you share your findings in a can think of that can affect class discussion: wound healing, and provide a strategy to facilitate healing for What types of each factor. patients may be predisposed to the Case Studies condition? You are a nurse in a What factors surgical unit in a hospital contribute to the caring for a 27-year-old development of professional football player pressure ulcers? who underwent surgery to What treatment do repair a compound fracture of you find most
Lecture Outline Figures, Tables, and Features Resources and In-Class Activities Outside Assignments/ Evaluation Instructor’s Notes Content Text page PPT slide Discuss the factors that affect wound healing (age, circulation to and oxygenation of tissues, nutritional status, condition of the wound, immunosuppression, medications, overall patient health). Review the complications that may occur with wound healing (infection, hemorrhage, dehiscence and evisceration, fistula formation) and the psychological effects of wounds on the patient (pain, anxiety, fear, impact on activities of daily living, change in body image). 21–27 Figures 31-2 Wound complications, p. 965, PPT slide 26 31-3 Fistula, p. 966 Focus on the Older Adult Nursing Strategies to Address Age-Related Changes in Wound Healing, p. 964 Pre-Lecture Quizzes Fill-in-the-Blank The partial or total separation of wound layers is known as ________________, the result of excessive stress on wounds that are not healed. Discussion Topics Compare and contrast the healing process (including factors that will affect that process) between the following two patients: An elderly patient who presented with a stage I pressure ulcer last week and a 25-year-old with an abdominal stab wound that was surgically repaired 2 days ago. List all the physical factors you can think of that can affect wound healing, and provide a strategy to facilitate healing for each factor. Case Studies You are a nurse in a unit in a hospital caring for a 27-year-old professional football player who underwent surgery to repair a compound fracture of surgical Written Assignments Visit a health care facility to assess and document the condition of a patient recovering from a serious wound. Write a brief report discussing the process of wound healing, the factors that affect this process, and the condition of the wound assessed. Group Assignments Interview experienced nurses in various health care settings about their experience with caring for patients with pressure ulcers. Then, answer the following related questions and share your findings in a class discussion: What types of patients may be predisposed to the condition? What factors contribute to the development of pressure ulcers? What treatment do you find most