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Wounds in primary nursing care:: What injuries cause an increased workload in terms of nursing time?

Publicated to:Revista de enfermeria (Barcelona, Spain). 41 (2): 46 - 53 - 2018-01-01 41(2), DOI:

Authors: Jordi Guinot Bachero; Evelin Balaguer López; Rocío Loma Osorio Alonso Del Real; Araceli Rivera Álvarez; María del Carmen Ros Mora; Francisco González Jiménez; Amparo Garralón Pérez; Erika Herrera Herzog; Yolanda Gombau Baldrich; Pablo García Molina

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Queries wounds Nursing Primary Care: What injury generates increased workload? Introduction: wound care represents a significant workload for nursing consultation in primary care. Objective: To quantify what injuries impaired skin integrity generate increased workload Methodology: urban and cross multicenter analytical study in the field of Primary Care Health Center Castellon de la Plana, Denia, Granada, Madrid and Logroño, in January / February 2016. Results: The population included in the 6 participating health centers was 74,277 inhabitants> 15 years. A total of 1105 observations was performed. 56.2% in wounds EEII and 43.8% of surgical wounds. The 38.5% performed the clinical cure procedure in less than 15 minutes. The remaining clinical cure procedures exceeded this time. Discussion: The lack of literature on the subject prevents us from making comparisons between studies. Despite having the material available in more than half of the health centers to study, only 1% of therapeutic interventions on venous ulcers were performed with multilayers bandages kit. Conclusions: It is the lesions in the lower extremities which generate the greatest effective workload in the nursing consultations on demand. The administration should adjust the time allotted to reality; or assign different times depending on whether surgical wounds or lower extremity wounds.

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