HLTENN039 - Apply principles of wound management
Nominal hours
Location
Sunshine
Werribee
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to apply contemporary wound management principles to the care of persons with various types of wounds. It involves working with the registered nurse within the multidisciplinary health care team to contribute to the assessment, treatment and ongoing management of wounds.
This unit applies to enrolled nursing work carried out in consultation and collaboration with registered nurses, and under supervisory arrangements aligned to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) regulatory authority legislative requirements.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• perform wound care, including wound assessment, wound care planning and health education in the workplace on three different wounds.
The tasks must be undertaken in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) professional practice standards, codes and guidelines.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards
• Aseptic Non Touch Technique (ANTT) guidelines for wound dressings
• community and educational resources and professional organisations associated with wound management
• historical development of contemporary wound management strategies
• pain management and medication administration timeframes to wound care
• causes of wounds:
• micro-organisms
• common fungal infections
• common viral infections
• surgical
• trauma
• chronic illness
• organisational policies and procedures for wound care
• wound management terminology
• rapid response to physical injury:
• to control bleeding:
• vasoconstriction
• platelet response
• biochemical response
• three phases of tissue repair and regeneration:
• inflammation (0 - 4 days)
• reconstruction (2 - 24 days)
• maturation (24 days - 1 year)
• wound management techniques:
• wound debridement
• wound drains and wound drainage systems
• wound specimen collection
• interpreting laboratory results in consultation with registered nurse and multidisciplinary health care team
• doppler assessment
• compression therapy
• wound cleansing
• wound measurement
• clinical photography
• wound tracing
• types of wounds:
• surgical wounds
• pressure ulcers
• venous ulcers
• arterial ulcers
• mixed ulcers
• malignant wounds
• neuropathic ulceration wounds
• infected wounds
• burns
• fistulas and sinuses
• skin grafts
• traumatic
• skin tears
• wound management strategies:
• wound management principles
• moist wound healing
• comprehensive assessment
• individualised wound plan of care
• skin assessment
• risk assessment
• pressure support and relieving devices
• prevention programs
• wound characteristics
• procedures for collecting wound specimens for microbiology and cytology
• selection of wound products:
• primary dressing
• secondary dressing
• wound cleansing.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):