Nursing for People with Complex Wounds

Code: ENF12478L

3 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours

Scientific Area: Nursing

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

3. Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

4. Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

Goals
- To develop competences of appreciation, diagnosis, intervention and evaluation to the person with complex wound.

Skills
1. States evaluation and registration items
2. Characterizes skin integrity;
3. Identifies signs of skin disruption;
4. States characteristics of complex wounds;
5. Identifies systemic and local factors of complex wounds recovering;
6. Identifies systemic and local factors of complex wounds exacerbation;
7. Comprises simulated schemes of care plans;
8. Enounces wound assessment instruments;
9. Establishes expected outcomes in simulated care pla

- Good practices in the treatment of the person with complex wound
a. The. Complex wounds (Pressure ulcers; Ulcer of the lower limbs; Diabetic foot; Malignant ulcers)
b. Approach of the person with complex wound
- Healing process
c. Physiology and healing criteria
d. "Ideal" environment to the healing process
- Therapeutic options
e. Wound evaluation
f. Cleaning the wound bed
g. infection Management
h. Exudate Management
i. Dressing material with therapeutic action

Teaching Methods

Assessment

Active participatory method, with discussion of themes, valuing the students' experience in the analysis, reflection and discussion of themes. Reflection that values cognitive and interpersonal processes will be stimulated, advocating the acquisition and development of concepts, problem solving, based on diagnostic assessment, planning and intervention, constant research and practical work where aspects of therapeutic intervention in nursing are clearly identified. Problem-solving will be based on problem-based learning (PBL).
Theoretical-practical classes are mandatory attendance, at least 75% of all classes.
The evaluation of the course is carried out by continuous evaluation: 25% participation in classes and group work developed during classes, 75% final work. Students who do not reach the minimum classification equal to or greater than 9.5 are subject to evaluation by the appeal period or special period.