Dr Melanie Stephens M.Stephens@salford.ac.uk
Reader in Adult Nursing
Getting wound care right: evaluation of a week of intensive teaching on wound care for undergraduate nursing students.
Stephens, Melanie; Wynn, Matthew; Pradeep, Sheba; Staniecka, Karolina; Gill, Anna; Brown, Erin; Matthew, Charlotte
Authors
Mr Matthew Wynn M.O.Wynn@salford.ac.uk
Lecturer in Digital Health and Society
Sheba Pradeep
Karolina Staniecka
Anna Gill
Erin Brown
Charlotte Matthew
Abstract
Tissue viability skills are essential for nurses, but education on this in undergraduate programmes can be inadequate. After approval of the Future Nurse curriculum in 2019, a small team of staff at the University of Salford developed a Getting Wound Care Right week to improve students' knowledge and clinical skills. To evaluate the week, the 250 students who had participated in all activities were invited 6 months after the week to contribute a 250-word reflection for a case series. The aim of this was to understand the impact of the week on participants' knowledge, skills and confidence in caring for patients with wounds and whether it had sparked interest in further learning. Four students contributed reflections, which were overwhelmingly positive. They described the knowledge attained, which included that on anatomy and physiology of the skin and wound healing, evidence-based assessment, treatment and management of wounds, and the impact of wounds on patients' quality of life. Skills gained included those in categorisation of wounds, wound assessment and pressure redistribution when seated. Responses on the impact on clinical practice focused on the importance of multidisciplinary working within wound care, seating provision for pressure ulcer prevention and management, and dressing selection. Negative comments related to students realising that clinical practice could be improved rather than indications that the format is ineffective or inappropriate. Limitations of the evaluation included the small number of participants and a lack of responses from every field of practice. The Getting Wound Care Right week format is a viable approach to meeting Future Nurse curriculum requirements. The approach could be enhanced by a greater emphasis on the relevance of wound care teaching to children and young people's nursing students. The week improved students' clinical confidence on placements when caring for patients with wounds. Further robust evaluation of the module is needed to confirm the findings of this initial evaluation.
Citation
Stephens, M., Wynn, M., Pradeep, S., Staniecka, K., Gill, A., Brown, E., & Matthew, C. (2023). Getting wound care right: evaluation of a week of intensive teaching on wound care for undergraduate nursing students. British Journal of Nursing, 32(12), S36-S42. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2023.32.12.S36
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 14, 2022 |
Publication Date | Jun 22, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Aug 15, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 23, 2023 |
Journal | British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing) |
Print ISSN | 0966-0461 |
Publisher | MA Healthcare |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 32 |
Issue | 12 |
Pages | S36-S42 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2023.32.12.S36 |
Keywords | Teaching, Curriculum, Adolescent, Students, Nursing, Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate, Evaluation, Undergraduate, Child, Humans, Quality of Life, Wound Healing, Wound care pedagogy, Tissue viability |
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