KMID : 0922320120190010005
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Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Care Nursing 2012 Volume.19 No. 1 p.5 ~ p.10
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Wound Care Needs of Hospital-based Home Care Nursing at Elderly Care Facilities
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Kim Duck-Hee
Lee Joo-Young Hwang Moon-Sook
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Abstract
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Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the needs for wound care services in the elderly care institutions by analyzing hospital-based home care nursing in select facilities in Korea.
Methods: A total of 92 staffs at the elderly care institutions, located throughout the country, completed self-report questionnaires between February 1 and November 31, 2009. SPSS ver. 17.0 was used for data analysis, regarding frequency and chi square. The 5% level of significance was the critical level for acceptance of the study¡¯s hypotheses.
Results: Results were as follows; group A and group B were rated as ¡¯high¡¯ and ¡¯very high¡¯, respectively, in care of simple pressure ulcer, care of complicated pressure ulcer, stitch out, care of simple surgical wound, ostomy care, complicated ostomy care, simple dressing and complicated dressing.
Conclusion: Political decisions intended to promote visits by hospital- based home care nurses to the elderly care institutions would be a prudent course.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly Care facility, Hospital based Home care nursing, Wound care
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