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Lack of clarity in wound care or reporting leads to differences between shifts and to unease among clients. I help your team move to one way of working that everyone understands and follows.
A wound that is dressed by someone different every day, each time with a slightly different approach, does not simply heal better. The same applies to reporting: if one colleague writes at length and another only notes a few keywords, the picture of the client becomes fragmented. That is exactly where I can help your team move forward.
I am not a wound care nurse. Wound care does have my particular attention, because I see many organisations struggling with a fixed and lasting policy. That is why I developed the wound care quality tool. It is not a protocol, but a workable, practice-based tool to organise wound care in nursing homes safely, consistently and efficiently. Care organisations can obtain it under a licence, see the wound care quality tool.
The basis is a shared agreement on how your team assesses, dresses and evaluates wounds. At agreeing a wound care protocol in the team you can read how such an agreement comes about. What then belongs in the care record is covered at improving wound reporting.
For daily reporting many teams work with a fixed structure. A widely used method is explained at SOAP reporting in care. For verbal and written handovers between shifts or to a doctor, the SBAR handover in practice offers something to hold on to.
I work with the protocols and the record system you already use. The aim is not more paperwork, but reporting that is short, factual and useful for the next colleague.
I observe wound care and read a selection of reports, so it becomes clear where the differences between staff and shifts lie.
Together with the team I record how a wound is described, dressed and evaluated, and what structure the reporting follows.
During the work I apply the agreements together with staff. That way they become a habit rather than a document.
After an agreed period I look at the reports again and discuss with the team leader what is going well and what still needs attention.
Nursing homes and residential care
Area of experienceCare for clients at home
Area of experienceCare for people with dementia
Area of experiencePhysical care and nursing
Area of experienceCare in the last phase of life
Area of experienceRecovery after illness or admission
Area of experienceEverything you want to know about wound care and reporting.
No. I am a nurse with extensive practical experience in wound care. Wound care has my attention because many organisations struggle with a fixed and lasting policy. For complex wounds the advice of a wound care nurse or doctor remains leading; I help your team carry out the agreements consistently.
Yes. Your protocol is the starting point. I help make it understandable and consistent on the floor, so every shift applies it in the same way.
Not necessarily. If you already work with SOAP or another structure, I strengthen it. If there is no fixed structure, we choose together what fits best.
Reports become shorter and more concrete, and colleagues can see more quickly at the start of their shift what is going on. We discuss this at the evaluation.
Yes. Good reporting and a good handover go together. I help the team with a fixed structure for the handover, for example following SBAR.
Certainly. In the community colleagues often work alone and the care record is the most important source of information. Consistent reporting may be even more important there than in residential care.
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