Nurse.com recently featured Woundrounds and the benefits of mobile devices in longterm care facilities. WoundRounds provides a hand-held device that provides nurses and caretakers the information and resources they need to treat hard to heal wounds – right in the palm of their hand. The device, which is the size of the average smartphone, electronically saves all records and time stamps all images.
“It makes the charting so much easier,” said Phyllis Bergquist, RN, director of nursing at Durand (Mich.) Senior Care & Rehab Center. “All the records are kept automatically instead of having to transfer to paper. The direction we’re going in nursing is electronic charting and the elimination of paper. This gives us everything we need to accurately track wound care.”
The user is able to access the patient’s last assessment and Braden score right at their bedside in order for quick comparison. In addition, the user can also perform an 11-point assessment based on guidelines from the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society and the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel.
Bergquist said the device has proved itself useful and practical. When asked if she would recommend WoundRounds to other facilities. She responded, “Definitely.”
For more information on WoundRounds and how to treat and prevent hard to heal wounds with the latest technology, visit WoundRounds.com for a free consultation.
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