Patients with wound around ostomy – nursing care aspects

Maria T. Szewczyk; Katarzyna Cierzniakowska; Justyna Cwajda; Alina Stodolska; Arkadiusz Jawień; Zbigniew Banaszkiewicz

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Patients with wound around ostomy – nursing care aspects

Maria T. Szewczyk

,

Katarzyna Cierzniakowska

,

Justyna Cwajda

,

Alina Stodolska

,

Arkadiusz Jawień

,

Zbigniew Banaszkiewicz

Przew Lek 2005; 4: 92-96

Online publish date: 2005/06/06

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Patient with wound around ostomy needs complex approach and understanding from care team. Healing process may be complicated and long-lasting. It is painful, fatigue, and sometimes there’s a need of hospital admission.
Care team implement many activities including appropriate choice of resources, exudate control, general treatment, nutrition interventions, suplementation, pain management and wide approach to psychological interventions: psychotherapy, social rehabilitation. All of these methods have vital role in treatment process.
Due to difficulties of healing process very important is prevention of wound development – it is better to prevent than cure. These article also discusses principles of skin changes prevention.

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Patients with wound around ostomy – nursing care aspects

Maria T. Szewczyk , Katarzyna Cierzniakowska , Justyna Cwajda , Alina Stodolska , Arkadiusz Jawień , Zbigniew Banaszkiewicz

chronic wound, ostomy

Maria T. Szewczyk

,

Katarzyna Cierzniakowska

,

Justyna Cwajda

,

Alina Stodolska

,

Arkadiusz Jawień

,

Zbigniew Banaszkiewicz