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Janice Beitz

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Issues and challenges in staging of pressure ulcers.

Wound assessment is a key element of effective wound care, and assessment of pressure ulcers includes accurate determination of wound stage. Although the original staging system established by Shea was based on his understanding of the pathology involved in pressure ulcer development, subsequent staging systems (and the one currently in use) were intended simply to establish the level of tissue damage. Recently, clinicians have drawn attention to numerous limitations associated with the current staging system, including the inability to differentiate between an inflammatory response involving intact skin and a deep tissue injury (deep bruising) underneath intact skin. This is a clinically significant difference because clinicians have noted that most inflammatory responses resolve with intervention, whereas most areas of deep tissue injury progress to full-thickness ulcers even when appropriate intervention is provided. A second area of controversy involves partial-thickness (Stage 2) lesions; because many of these lesions are caused by maceration and/or friction (as opposed to pressure) clinicians are frequently unclear regarding which of these lesions should be staged. In response to these concerns, the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel convened a consensus forum and published white papers to clearly outline the issues; they solicited clinician feedback on the white papers and the Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society provided a written response. This article summarizes the key points of the white papers, WOCN Society response, and consensus forum discussion.

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Survey of wound, ostomy and continence (WOC) nurse clinicians on stomal and peristomal complications: a content validation study.

PURPOSE: Validated and reliable stomal and peristomal complication definitions and associated interventions are lacking. Available literature is either narrowly medically focused or only of case study level. The objectives of this study were to establish content validation data for the proposed stomal and peristomal complication definitions and their associated interventions, to obtain the data related to contact with stomal and peristomal complication patients, and to gain insight into the ostomy care process. METHODS: A researcher-designed survey was sent to 2900 expert Wound, Ostomy and Continence nurse clinicians via a national mailing to a representative nonrandomized sample of participants who identified that they included ostomy care in their professional practice. In total, 686 nurses returned the survey, a response rate of 24%. The purposive sample was asked to quantify the degree of validity of the survey's stated stomal and peristomal definitions and interventions. Hand-written qualitative comments of the participants were transcribed, analyzed, and themes were derived. RESULTS: On a scale of 1 to 4, the mean score for all definitions and interventions was 3.64 (SD=0.30). The overall survey's content validity index was .91. Ratings demonstrated high consensus validation on the stomal and peristomal definitions and interventions, with definitions scoring higher. The mean scores and the content validity index results on selected items were slightly lower for interventions, especially stomal interventions. Qualitative analysis of participants' comments about the whole instrument generated 10 themes and associated subthemes related to omitted complications and interventions and general observations about the ostomy care process and the validation research process. CONCLUSION: The proposed stomal and peristomal definitions and interventions were rated as generally valid. Further research documenting validation of participants' comments is necessary. Given the findings, additional complications and interventions not identified in the literature were noted and need to be further scrutinized and researched.

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