Wound care at end of life

Nurses are in a unique and privileged position with regard to both end-of-life care and wound care. Expert wound care can greatly contribute to the relief of physiologic stress on the human organism and psychosocial and physical distress at the end of life. Using what is known from both domains,nurs...

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Published inThe Nursing clinics of North America Vol. 40; no. 2; p. 281
Main Authors Schim, Stephanie Myers, Cullen, Bernadette
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2005
Subjects
Chronic Disease
Humans
Nursing Process
Palliative Care - methods
Patient Care Planning
Skin Ulcer - nursing
Terminal Care - methods
Wounds and Injuries - nursing
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Summary:Nurses are in a unique and privileged position with regard to both end-of-life care and wound care. Expert wound care can greatly contribute to the relief of physiologic stress on the human organism and psychosocial and physical distress at the end of life. Using what is known from both domains,nurses apply critical thinking to assist patients, families, and other caregivers in maintaining the maximum possible integrity of the physical body of the dying person. The manner in which nurses approach wound care with dying patients and the ability to preserve patient dignity and family respect while doing necessary palliative interventions also can serve the healing of emotional wounds in the dying process.
ISSN:0029-6465
DOI:10.1016/j.cnur.2004.09.006