HLT54115 : Diploma of Nursing

Task instructions:

You are required to write a wound management for a resident you are caring for on your placement this includes filling in a wound management chart (see attached), interviewing the resident and reading the current history Please note that if you are unable to find a resident with a wound by the end of the first week of placement, the clinical educator needs to contact the subject teacher who will arrange an alternative scenario to be completed by the student.

You are to gather information on a resident during clinical placement
You will need to ask permission from the clinical placement facility before you begin gather information about your chosen resident
No identifying information should be included in the wound care plan

Wound Care Plan – please address the following:

1.Diagnosis of chosen resident including:

Presenting problem
Other medical conditions (including chronic health conditions)
The type of wound and how it occurred (ie friction, tearing, accident)

2.Evaluation of the wound including:

Wound bed status (include colour/s)
Wound measurements
Condition of surrounding skin (ie intact, breaking down)
Wound exudate (colour, consistency, odour)

3.Physiology of the healing process taking into consideration the wound and any factors that may impact on the healing process (ie chronic health conditions, location of wound, age of resident)

4.Evaluation of the wound management plan including:

Dressing/s
Frequency of dressing changes
How the wound is cleaned
Progress being made
Any changes that occur to the plan during clinical placement

5.Health education that may be provided to the resident in regards to their wound

6.Pain management relating to the wound

7.Wound care assessment plan included (provided to students via Brightspace)

Submission guidelines:

Students to complete and attach Assessment Cover Sheet to completed Assessment Task.
This is an individual assignment
The assignment must be submitted via Brightspace the Friday  one week post the last day of your clinical placement.  Your file must be saved using the following format: Your family name_student number_assessment task identifier    e.g.  Hall_100123123_Case Study 1

You must keep a copy of all work that is submitted

While this assignment is using resident data that you do not need to reference any source that you use to support your work must be referenced.  Plagiarism is not acceptable.  The laws of copyright mean that you cannot copy or cut and paste test from resource material.  The assignment must be in your own words and must be referenced appropriately.

Typing for the introduction should be in Arial size 12 with 1.5 line spacing.  For the Nursing Care plan please use typing Arial size 12 with single line spacing.
Please refer to the Student Information Handbook for information regarding late submission.

In-text references are included in the word count.  The assignment will not be assessed beyond the allocated word limited.
3.Physiology of the healing process taking into consideration the wound and any factors that may impact on the healing process (ie chronic health conditions, location of wound, age of resident)

4.Evaluation of the wound management plan including:

Dressing/s
Frequency of dressing changes
How the wound is cleaned
Progress being made
Any changes that occur to the plan during clinical placement

5.Health education that may be provided to the resident in regards to their wound

6.Pain management relating to the wound

7.Wound care assessment plan included