Standarised nursing care plan for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers

Section: Hands on

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Arboledas J, Melero A. Plan de cuidados estandarizado para la prevención y el tratamiento de úlceras por presión. Metas de Enfermería may 2004; 7(4): 13-16

Authors

1Josefa Arboledas Bellón, 2Ángel Melero López

Position

1Enfermera de la Unidad de Medicina Interna. Hospital San Juan de la Cruz de Úbeda, Jaén. Experta en gestión de servicios de Enfermería. 2Enfermero del Hospital San Juan de la Cruz de Úbeda, Jaén.

Contact address

C/ Aguilar Catena, 3, 2º E.23400 Úbeda, Jaén.

Contact email: josarbol@yahoo.es

Abstract

A standardised nursing care plan is presented in the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers in the Internal Medicine Unit of the Hospital San Juan de la Cruz de Ubeda, with a view to providing quality and integral healthcare to hospitalised patients at risk of developing pressure ulcers or who already have them. The Virginia Henderson Conceptual Model was chosen and NANDA taxonomy used for the denomination of nursing diagnoses. Evaluation criteria were also proposed using the Classification of Nursing Interventions. It can be concluded that working with standardised nursing plans, we can offer excellent care. On the other hand, prevention can be viewed as the best treatment option.

Keywords:

nursing care plan; pressure ulcers; nursing methodology; prevention; NANDA; NICClassification of Nursing Interventions

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Título:

Plan de cuidados estandarizado para la prevención y el tratamiento de úlceras por presión