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Best practice in wound care
Pelikánová, Markéta ; Heczková, Jana (advisor) ; Kratinová, Zuzana (referee)
The topic of this Bachelors' Thesis is "Best Practices in Wound Care". The thesis focuses on acute and chronic wounds. It sets the following objectives: The main objective of the research was to evaluate the current practice of general nurses in surgical departments of regional health hospitals in the Usti region. The research was focused on the ways of education regarding the dressing material innovations, participation in conferences and seminars and eventually on its frequency and benefits. Subsequently the thesis addresses the issues of wound healing. In this part of the thesis the goal was to evaluate the current practice of care for acute and chronic wound and to compare it with the best practices in this field. The thesis is divided into two parts: theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part deals with the wound characteristics, describes wound classification, causes, healing and healing complications. Then it describes acute and chronic wounds, while it is focused also on the dressing materials and subsequent wound treatment. The empirical part was conducted using quantitative research method. The research was executed using an anonymous questionnaire. The respondents chosen are general nurses working in surgical departments of Regional health hospitals in the Usti region. The total...
Specific needs of patients during negative pressure wound therapy
ŠTĚPÁNOVÁ, Hana
The diploma thesis entitled Specific needs of patients during negative pressure wound therapy, consists of two main parts, a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part includes findings from research and publications dealing with the issues of wound healing through local application of vacuum therapy, treatment with other methods of wet healing, the impact of long-term non-healing wounds on human needs and the role of the nurse in this scenario. The practical part of the diploma thesis refers to the quantitative research carried out by 46 respondents who were treated with a negative vacuum method, another method of wet healing or a combined form.

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