Abstract
Legs ulcers are one of the most difficult Problem to solve in modern medicine. Although a wide variety of drugs and mechanical methods have been developed to treat ulcers, no marked improvement has yet been discovered in either wound healing or the social status of patients. Leg ulcers are not only a common, difficult to treat, but also economically unprofitable health condition requiring a lot of care, work and knowledge.
 Study aim – to evaluate peculiarities of nurses work for nursing patients with chronic leg ulcers.
 Study methods. Quantitative research method using an anonymous questionnaire for nurses caring for patients with chronic leg ulcers. Descriptive statistics of results.
 Results. Nurses working in a hospital at least once a week care for patients with chronic leg ulcers, which are usually localized in the calf, foot, ankle areas. Patients with other comorbid conditions (e. g. diabetes, arterial hypertension and other) are needed specific nursing needs – longer wound healing, prevention of infections and bleeding, balanced diet and temperature control. Nursing patients with chronic leg ulcers the body position of the nurses mostly is forced, they work bent over. The work of nurses is most complicated by the lack of nursing assistants.
Highlights
Peculiarities of nurses work for nursing patients with chronic leg ulcers Abstract
Study aim – to evaluate peculiarities of nurses work for nursing patients with chronic leg ulcers
Quantitative research method using an anonymous questionnaire for nurses caring for patients with chronic leg ulcers
Summary
Tyrimo tikslas – įvertinti slaugytojų darbo ypatumus slaugant pacientus, sergančius lėtinėmis kojų opomis (LKO). Kiekybinis tyrimo metodas, taikant anoniminę anketinę apklausą, skirtą slaugytojams, slaugantiems pacientus, sergančius lėtinėmis kojų opomis. Peculiarities of nurses work for nursing patients with chronic leg ulcers Abstract. Study aim – to evaluate peculiarities of nurses work for nursing patients with chronic leg ulcers. Quantitative research method using an anonymous questionnaire for nurses caring for patients with chronic leg ulcers. Nurses working in a hospital at least once a week care for patients with chronic leg ulcers, which are usually localized in the calf, foot, ankle areas. Nursing patients with chronic leg ulcers the body position of the nurses mostly is forced, they work bent over. V. (2013) nurodo, kad lėtinėmis kojų opomis (LKO) serga 0,6–3 proc. Daugiau nei 95 proc. pacientų kojų venų opos atsiranda kojose žemiau kelio, dažniausiai aplink girnelę, išopėjimas gali būti atskiras arba cirkuliarus [4, 5]
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