Authors

1Ana María Ramírez del Valle,  2Sergio Izquierdo Palau, 3Adalgisa Ramírez del Valle, 4Ana María Infantes Ramírez, 5Yosvanis Cruz Carballosa, 6Yaneli Cruz Carballosa

Position

¹Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral. Master Atención Integral a la Mujer. Asistente. Filial Ciencias Médicas Mayarí. ²Especialista de Segundo Grado en Medicina General Integral. Policlínico Universitario 26 de Julio. Mayarí. ³Licenciada en Biología. Filial Ciencias Médicas Mayarí. ⁴Estudiante de 4º de Psicología Médica. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Mariana Grajales Coello Holguín. ⁵Master en Nuevas Tecnologías para la Educación. Asistente. Filial Ciencias Médicas Mayarí. ⁶Enfermera. Miembro titular de la Sociedad Cubana De Enfermería. Policlínico Universitario 26 de Julio, Mayarí. Holguín.

Contact email: yosvanis@mayari.hlg.sld.cu

Abstract

Nurses are responsible for assessing and planning patients’ care, which includes a correct recognition and evaluation of wounds, as well as indication and use of a number of drug products intended to achieve tissue integrity and healing.

Based on such evaluation, nurses may sometimes approach wounds as a local problem, and focus on selecting the best option among an ointment and some particular dressings. Such a decision is not, however, a reliable basis for wound healing.

Our paper shows the importance of nurses in patients' clinical evaluation and wound assessment. This is the right way to establish a potential cause and a suitable therapy, which consist of a number of measures a nurse can apply within a care plan, and is not limited to local wound surveillance.

Finally, the importance of a dressing or a cream for wound healing is highlighted. This should always be done, however, within the framework of the measures described in the nursing care plan and based on available scientific evidence.

Keywords:

Skin integrity impairment; dressing; ointmentwounds

Versión en Español

Título:

Planificación familiar en mujeres en edad fértil