The purpose of this essay is to assess your ability to apply the theory provided in Themes 1, 2 and 3, to clinical practices pertaining to wound infection.
Construct an essay in which you:
- Examine factors (e.g. physical and psychosocial) which increase the vulnerability of clients to impaired wound healing and infection
- Analyse the extent to which these vulnerabilities have been countered with new evidence pertaining to wound infection, biofilm development and aseptic technique.
- Discuss the ways in which this new knowledge has been integrated into policies, procedures and guidelines, which direct clinical practices pertaining to prevention and control of wound infections.
