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Curaciones de Heridas Crónicas: Reto para el Cuidado en la Enfermería
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Acendra, Janeth Jinete Aguilar, Rosa Morales Amell, Gloria Lastre |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Introduccion: Las curaciones de las heridas cronicas se han convertido en un reto para la Enfermeria. Las nuevas tendencias y avances tecnologicos en el manejo de estas heridas demandan la atencion respecto al cuidado que se les debe brindar a los pacientes para mejorar su calidad de vida. Las heridas cronicas mas prevalentes son las ulceras por presion y las de pie diabetico. Objetivo: Identificar las curaciones de heridas cronicas realizadas por el personal de Enfermeria en servicios de medicina interna de un hospital de la ciudad de Barranquilla. Materiales y metodos: Estudio descriptivo transversal en 51 enfermeras de los servicios de medicina interna de un hospital de Barranquilla. Como instrumento de medicion, se uso un test de curacion de heridas y los datos obtenidos se analizaron mediante el paquete estadistico SPSS 20. Resultados: El 100% de las enfermeras utilizan el tipo de curacion convencionaly el tipo de heridas cronicas mas comun es el pie diabetico, con un 73%. Conclusion: Se identifico que la herida cronicapredominante en los servicios de medicina interna de un hospital de Barranquilla fue el pie diabetico, y el tipo de curaciones que realizo el personal de enfermeria fue la curacion convencional, debido a que en esta institucionno cuentan con recursos necesarios para realizar las curaciones con alta tecnologia. Aun asi, el personal no desconoce que la curacion con tecnologia es eficaz. ABSTRACT Introduction: Treatments for chronic wounds have become a challenge for nursing. New trends and technological advances in the treatment of these wounds demand attention regarding the care that must be afforded to patients to improve their quality of life. The most prevalent chronic wounds are pressure wounds and those related to gangrene. Objective: To identify the treatments for chronic wounds achieved by nursing personnel in the internal medicine services of a hospital in the city of Barranquilla. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study of 51 nurses in the internal medicine services of a hospital in the city of Barranquilla. A test of injury treatments was used as an instrument of measurement and the data received was analyzed through the SPSS 20 statistical package. Results: 100% of the nurses used traditional treatments and the most common chronic injury was diabetic foot, at 73%. Conclusion: It was identified that the predominant chronic injury in the in the internal medicine services of the hospital in Barranquilla was diabetic foot, and the type of treatments that the nursing staff used was traditional, due to the fact that in that institution they do not access to the necessary resources to carry out the treatments with high technology. Nevertheless, the staff is aware that treatment with technology is efficient. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.17081/innosa.1.1.83 |
| Volume Number | 1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://revistas.unisimon.edu.co/index.php/innovacionsalud/article/download/83/69 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.17081/innosa.1.1.83 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
