ABSTRACT

Oulu University of Applied Sciences Degree Programme in Nursing and Health Care Author(s): Hautamäki Sari, Isokoski Tuula, Rajaniemi Niina, Vilkuna Maritta Title of thesis: Wound care guide Supervisors : Maija Alahuhta, Liisa Kiviniemi Term and year when the thesis was submitted: Spring 2012 Number of pages: 42+17 The objective of the thesis was to make a wound treatment guide for the use of the personnel of the Kallio healthcare federation of municipalities. The thesis was custom-made for the federation and it was the part of our project learning studies. The idea of producing a wound treatment guide initialized on a study unit of project planning. The aim of the study was to standardize the wound treatment procedures used by the personnel. The wound treatment guide is made part of electric patient information system and it is connected to Kallio’s internal network. The purpose was to produce a guide which would be easy to find and use and which would be available for every employee. The long-term aim is to make nurses update the guide. The theoretical part of the thesis consists of data collected from professional literature. The outcome was a 14-page wound treatment guide, which is connected to the network in the autumn 2012. Guide includes basic information about pressure ulcers, burn injuries and infected wounds. In the future the guide will include the wound treatment knowledge of all employees. keywords: wound care, guide, personnel, pressure ulcer, burn injury, infected wound, treatment