PGW5202 - Wound assessment - 2018

Wound assessment provides the foundation for developing an appropriate care plan for the individual with a wound. To be able to effectively conduct an assessment of an acute or chronic wound, it is important that the clinician has a clear understanding of the patient's personal environment along with the underlying aetiology and characteristics of the wound. This subject aims to provide a comprehensive systematic approach to wound assessment that underpins subsequent units within the course.

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. Integrate physical, psychosocial and environmental components into comprehensive wound assessment.
2. Critically appraise frameworks as tools for systematic assessment of a wound.
3. Incorporate wound measurement, exudate assessment, wound bed tissue identification, wound tunnelling and undermining and pain assessment into systematic wound assessment.
4. Describe and develop a multidisciplinary team approach to management resulting from the assessment process.
5. Identify and utilise criteria used to monitor and evaluate wound healing progress.
6. Formulate a wound assessment chart to assess and communicate wound healing progress at a patient, local and organisational level.

Two minor assignments: 30%

Major written assignment: 45% (hurdle)

Participation in online tutorials: 25%

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. The unit requires on average 10-12 hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include teacher directed learning, reading time, participation in tutorials or discussion groups, research and preparation for assignments.

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Wound care