Biomedical subjects

Jaki Law

Publications and source records attributed to Jaki Law.

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Cutinova Hydro: a modern alternative to hydrocolloids.

Since the 1960s, moist wound healing has been accepted as the scientific approach to wound care. The White Paper 'Making a Difference' (Department of Health (DoH), 1999) stated that nursing practice should be supported by research and that current evidence should be utilized to improve information used to support care and treatment decisions. Wound care products, both the traditional and the new, are under increasing scrutiny as the physiology of the wound healing process is understood with more clarity, assisting the clinician to reappraise current practice in the light of new information. The following study considers such physiological responses when reporting the effects of Cutinova Hydro (Smith and Nephew) in treating exuding wounds.

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Transair Paediatric Mattress replacement system evaluation.

While a plethora of pressure-relieving and reducing equipment is available to nurses for the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, very little of it is specifically designed or appropriate for paediatric patients. The limited choice that does exist concentrates on neonates or babies, which is problematic for the nurse dealing with the older child. Children may be at increased risk of developing pressure injury as a result of the forces of friction, shearing and pressure that results from being nursed on a support system designed for the adult patient. This gap in service provision may cause dilemmas for the nurse who has a duty to 'cause no harm' (UKCC, 1992) in his/her attempt to protect and treat a child. This article introduces a new product available from Karomed (a division of the Verna Group) that has been specifically designed with the child in mind.

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Pressure ulcer prevention: education for nursing home staff.

This article describes an education programme for a group of nurses working in several nursing homes located in different areas of the Midlands but each belonging to the same care group. The group's management team had identified that there were patients in the nursing homes who had severe pressure ulcers and that staff were not managing their care adequately in order for healing to occur. It has been identified that 'education is probably the single most effective way of reducing the incidence of pressure ulcers' (Department of Health (DoH), 1993). Although the various nursing homes were able to access the skills of clinical nurse specialists in tissue viability, severe pressure ulcers were failing to heal and nursing home staff requested additional education to help them address this problem. Nurses in the homes expressed a desire to gain a deeper knowledge of the problem, so they would be able to plan and implement appropriate care autonomously and thus raise the standard of pressure ulcer care provided in each home. This article discusses the implementation of a comprehensive education programme that contributed to raising the standards of patient care and to the professional self-worth of the nurses involved.

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