wound healing
The patient was instructed in renal transplant in the importance of all-time immunosuppressant management. The patient was taught in the wound care and dressing change. The patient was advised in the need of evade contact to multitudes and persons with known supposed infections. The patient was recommended in the need of recording daily weight at the same time, with the same clothing. The patient was reviewed in taking and recording temperature, pulse, and blood pressure.
Instructed patient all bed-bound and chair-bound persons, or those whose ability to reposition is impaired, to be at risk for pressure ulcers.
Instructed patient consider nutritional supplementation/support for nutritionally consistent with overall goals of care.
Instructed patient reposition bed-bound persons at least every two hours and chair-bound persons every hour consistent with overall goals of care.
Instructed caregiver reduce friction by making sure when lifting a patient in bed that they are lifted, not dragged during repositioning, prevent ulcers from occurring and can also help them from getting worse .
Make sure the skin remains clean and dry. Examine the skin daily. Inspect pressure areas gently. Make sure the bed linens remain dry and free of wrinkles. Pat the skin dry, do not rub
Instructed patient about vacuum assisted closure ( VAC ) therapy helps draw wound edges together, remove infectious materials and actively promote granulation.
Instructed caregiver vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy is intended to manage the environment of surgical incisions that continue to drain following sutured or stapled closure by maintaining a closed environment and removing exudates via the application of negative pressure wound therapy
SN instructed patient the skin around a fistula needs to be clean, dry, and grease-less for effective pouch adherence. Enterocutaneous fistulas (ECFs) can cause contents of the intestines or stomach to leak through a wound or opening in the skin. It also can cause: Dehydration, Diarrhea, and Malnutrition.
Instructed patient about external fistulas cause discharge through the skin. They are accompanied by other symptoms, including: abdominal pain, painful bowel obstruction, fever, elevated white blood cell count. Prevent skin maceration and breakdown from corrosive effluent and wound infection. Patient comfort, accurate measurement of effluents, patient mobility protect skin from damage from effluent, containment of effluent, odor control.