Utilizing critical thinking and the nursing process, the student is expected to:
Describe the etiology, pathophysiology, and risk factors of pressure injuries
Identify pressure injuries by stage
Describe and identify how wounds are classified
Discuss the phases of wound healing
Identify types of wound healing: primary, secondary, tertiary
Describe complications in wound healing
Identify different types of wound exudate
Identify factors affecting wound healing and pressure injury formation
Understand the Braden Scale for predicting pressure injury risk
Describe assessment and documentation requirements of wounds and pressure injuries
Examine nutritional factors for wound healing
Discuss nursing interventions to prevent pressure injuries
Compare the different methods and purposes of wound debridement
Identify relevant prioritized nursing diagnoses and an associated nursing plan of care to address physical, psychosocial, and learning needs.
Identify patient and family centered goals and outcomes that facilitate health promotion, maintenance, and restoration.
Review how evidence-based practice is used to prioritize, implement, and evaluate nursing interventions to address the needs of diverse and vulnerable patients/families with social determinants of health that contribute to multiple body system problems.
Safe environment/Risk reduction
Medication therapy
Surgical intervention
Diet Therapy
Patient teaching; Discharge teaching; Referrals
Therapeutic communication
Delegation
Others
Identify ways to collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care team when providing patient-centered care including during local or global health events.
Describe legal and ethical considerations including service excellence and nursing peer review.
Identify complementary medicine options and quality improvement initiatives including civility and just culture.
1. Review module objectives.
2. Learning Resources:
Harding, M. M., Kwong, J., Hagler, D., and Reinisch, C. (2023). Lewis’s Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (12th edition). Elsevier Inc.
Chapter 12 Inflammation and Wound Healing, pp. 179-198
Potter, P. A., Perry, A. G., Stockert, P. A., Hall, A. M., & Ostendorf, W. R. (2025). Fundamentals of nursing (12th ed.). Elsevier.
Chapter 48 Skin Integrity and Wound Care, pp. 1332-1405
3. Complete Critical Thinking Exercises:
Wound Healing and Wound Care Student Learning Guide
4. Supplemental Learning:
See Bb
5. Review module objectives and check for knowledge gaps.
6. Go to the Evolve website and review the module content and practice questions.