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Wound assessment and nursing care in diabetic patients with venous ulcers
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Keywords

Varicose ulcer
Diabetes mellitus
Nurses

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Wound assessment and nursing care in diabetic patients with venous ulcers. (2020). Electronic Journal Collection Health, 48, e3070. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e3070.2020

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Abstract

Objective: To describe the nurse's care to Diabetes patients with venous ulcers. Methods: This is a field research, opinion of the ethics committee, No. 3,666,833 with a descriptive, analytical character, with a qualitative approach that was developed at the Health Institute of a University Center in Salvador / BA. Data collection was performed through analysis of medical records from April to September 2019, where out of 40 diabetic patients, only 5 were selected, being these diabetics and patients with venous ulcers. Results: It was identified that the relationship between diabetes and venous ulcers is due to the difficulty of the healing process that the patient with DM develops, generating in many cases depression and low self-esteem. Conclusion: It is concluded that, venous ulcers have greater difficulty in healing patients with diabetes and especially those who present decompensation of the disease. Thus, it is necessary for nurses to expand their knowledge, being able to go beyond simple strategies or comfort care but performing an intervention that seeks to solve a problem based on understanding, promoting an ideal treatment for the patient.

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