Background: As the population grows older and hard-to-heal wounds are more likely to affect the elderly and frail, it has become a growing global problem. It involves high costs, is resource consuming and suffering for the patient due to long treatment times. About 1–2 percent of the population in well-developed countries suffer from a hard-to-heal wound at some point during their lifetime. Aim: The aim of this study was to highlight nurses' knowledge and experiences of caring for patients with hard-to-heal wounds. Method: A literature review was conducted and data was collected from twelve scientific articles with both qualitative and quantitative methods. Fribergs three-step model was used to analyze the twelve articles. Results: The result presents three main themes and seven subthemes that describes nurses' knowledge and experiences of hard-to-heal wounds. Nurses' knowledge of wound care and hard-to-heal wounds is inadequate and further education is needed. Varying emotions were felt by the nurses, such as happiness, satisfaction, frustration and disempowerment. Conclusion: More knowledge, training and experience in wound care and hard-to-heal wounds is needed to help nurses feel more confident to provide appropriate wound care.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hv-18138 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Andersson, Sanna, Hedberg, Hampus |
| Publisher | Högskolan Väst, Avdelningen för omvårdnad - grundnivå |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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