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Pressure Injuries and Ulcerations

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Identifying the wound type, setting a clear aim for management and then selecting a product or device remains the mainstay of wound management. There are, of course, many other factors to be considered when addressing patients with wounds, and reviewing a wound in isolation from these other factors may lead to poor healing progress.

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Nutrition, skin care, patient motivation, financial circumstances, environment and psychological state all play a part in wound healing. It is best to have a structure in assessment in order to decipher the wound aetiology, look at factors influencing healing, address these as able, and then select a product based on the aim.

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Jan Rice
Jan Rice is a Registered Nurse with many years of experience in surgical nursing. Jan is a member of the Venous Leg Ulcer Guideline Implementation sub-committee and the Pressure Injury Guidelines Development sub-committee. Jan obtained a Masters in Wound Care in 2009 and runs a wound clinic in a large Metropolitan General Practice — Ashwood Medical. Through her own business, Jan has been acting as a consultant to over 80 aged care facilities and a resource for Divisions of General Practice and surgeons within Victoria. Jan is an author of a book chapter on wound healing and has been a volunteer with Interplast since 1983. In 2006, she was awarded Fellowship to the Australian Wound Management Association.
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Leah Smith
19 Jan 2023
Great information. Easy to read and understand.
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Lainie Hayes
18 Jan 2023
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Excellent information provided for attending to pressure injury identification and care.
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Hazel Sia
18 Feb 2020
Wound management is imperative to know and understand to give above and beyond patient care for my future patients.
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Heather Bement
21 Feb 2020
Very detailed and informative.
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Phina Okoronka
19 Mar 2021
This resource is very informative and detailed
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Tara Avina
04 Apr 2022
Enrolled Nurse
Jan Rice is a fantactic wound nurse and reading this article has reinforced what she has taught me on the job while I was working in aged care and she was assessing reidents in my care.
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Brittany McDaniel
23 Feb 2020
Great information for first semester nursing students.
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Sandra Nelson-Williams
29 Sep 2020
Good learning Well explained Easy to follow Increased my knowledge
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Kimheang Sao
02 Aug 2021
Very good resource for the different types of pressure injury
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Reena Sharma
13 Apr 2023
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