Nurses and the Use of Collagenase in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds

Authors

  • Thalys Maynnard Costa Ferreira Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Rossana Santos de Andrade Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Patrícia Simplício de Oliveira Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Carla Lidiane Jácome de Lima Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Josefa Danielma Lopes Ferreira Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Marta Miriam Lopes Costa Universidade Federal da Paraíba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3823/1998

Keywords:

Nursing, Debridement, Nursing Care.

Abstract

Objective: The objective was to verify the skill of nurses about the use of collagenase in the treatment of chronic wounds.

 

Method: A descriptive study of a qualitative approach performed with medical clinic nurses from two hospitals. The data were collected processed using the content analysis technique.

Results: Worked categories: 1. Knowledge about the mechanism of action of collagenase in the treatment of chronic wounds; 2. Reasons for use and destruction of collagenase in the treatment of chronic wounds.

 

Conclusion: The study showed that nurses have knowledge that collagenase is a debriding enzyme that aids in the healing process, particularly by removing the necrotic tissue in wounds; however, there is still the need to improve the relevant knowledge concerning the use of this substance in dressings made in their chronic lesions, even in view of the apparent lack of knowledge about the relevant enzyme peculiarities, such as its mechanism of action.

 

Descriptors: Nursing; Debridement; Nursing Care.

 

Author Biographies

Thalys Maynnard Costa Ferreira, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Graduate Student of Nursing, Member of the Group of Studies and Research in the Treatment of Wounds-GEPEFE, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.

Rossana Santos de Andrade, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Graduate Student of Nursing, Member of the Group of Studies and Research in the Treatment of Wounds-GEPEFE, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.

Patrícia Simplício de Oliveira, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Nurse, Master of Nursing at the Graduate Program of Nursing-PPGENF/UFPB, Member of the Group of Studies and Research in the Treatment of Wounds-GEPEFE, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.

Carla Lidiane Jácome de Lima, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Nurse, Master of Nursing at the Graduate Program of Nursing-PPGENF/UFPB, Member of the Group of Studies and Research in the Treatment of Wounds-GEPEFE, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.

Josefa Danielma Lopes Ferreira, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Nurse, Master of Nursing at the Graduate Program of Nursing-PPGENF/UFPB, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.

Marta Miriam Lopes Costa, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Nurse, Doctor of Nursing, Department of Nursing-DENC/UFPB, Member of the Group of Studies and Research in the Treatment of Wounds-GEPEFE, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.

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2016-07-05

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Vol. 9 (2016)

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