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Skin Care, Chronic Ulcers and Stoma Care

Course Code:

ΝΟΣ0406.1

Semester:

4th Semester

Specialization Category:

Specialized - Elective Mandatory ( ΜΕ )

Course Hours:

Theory 2

ECTS:

2

Eclass Link:

https://eclass.uniwa.gr/courses/NURS221/



 

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

    1. Essay writing (20%)
    2. Final exams (80%) that includes:
      • Multiple choice questions
      • Short answer questions

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

This course is an introduction in the prevention and treatment of the skin integrity problems, chronic ulcers and stomas (enterostomies and urostomies) in a holistic nursing approach context.

This course aims to provide evidence-based knowledge and practices necessary for maintaining skin integrity and preventing skin integrity problems, for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers and chronic ulcers in general, and also necessary for patient’s enterostomy and urostomy care.

By the end of the course, the students should be able:

  • To recognize patients who are at risk of developing skin integrity problems and understand the techniques and materials for their prevention and treatment.
  • To recognize patients who are at risk of developing chronic ulcers and know the techniques and materials for their prevention and treatment.
  • To assess chronic ulcers and know their care techniques and materials.
  • To assess patients with enterostomy or urostomy, be familiar with ostomy care products and their applications, identify ostomy-related problems and know the appropriate nursing interventions to treat them.
  • Educate patients in self-care procedures and their caregivers in home care procedures.

 

GENERAL COMPETENCES

  • Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology
  • Adaptation to new situations
  • Decision-making
  • Working independently
  • Team work
  • Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking

 

Course Outline

 

SYLLABUS

  • Skin assessment, recognition of patients at increased risk of developing skin integrity problems.
  • Skin integrity problems other than chronic ulcers – nursing prevention and treatment measures.
  • Chronic ulcers, definitions, terminology, differential diagnosis.
  • Pressure ulcers, epidemiology, pathophysiology, staging, assessment of bacterial status.
  • Pressure ulcers prevention- Nursing interventions, materials and techniques.
  • Pressure ulcers treatment, materials and care techniques.
  • Guidelines for the prevention and care of pressure ulcers.
  • Vascular ulcers etiology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, prevention and care measures.
  • Diabetic ulcers, epidemiology, pathophysiology, measures for the prevention and care of diabetic foot and diabetic ulcer.
  • Guidelines for the prevention and care of vascular and diabetic ulcers.
  • Enterostomy, types, techniques and stoma care products.
  • Urostomy, types, techniques and ostomy care products.
  • Stomas and peristomal skin problems, prevention measures, techniques and care materials for their treatment.