NSE 22A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Safety Pin, Capillary Action, Dont
2 Nov 2017
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Nse 22 nursing practice ii: acute and chronic care. Wound: (cid:862)a disruption of the integrity and function of tissues in the body(cid:863) A thick, coagulated slough, scab (typically black necrotic tissue) Draining or oozing of fluid from a wound. Pink fleshy projections that form during the healing process. Breakdown of tissue as a result of moisture. Open area or tunneling under the edge of the wound: explain etiology, risk factors and key components of surgical wounds (e. g. , abdominal surgery, orthopedic, thoracic); Types of wounds: surgical incision, traumatic wounds penetrating (stab), closed (contusion), abrasion, burns, ulcers. Primary healing: use of sutures or other wound closures to approximate the edges of an incisions or clean laceration, healing is primarily through collagen synthesis, and inflammatory process. Secondary healing: refers to wounds that are left open and healed by regeneration of connective tissue, has a prolonged phase of inflammation due to increased time required for phagocytosis of necrotic tissue.
