2000 Volume 4 Issue 2 Pages 9-13
This center was newly opened as a regional central hospital in May, 1994 by Kawaguchi city’s integration of two hospitals. However, in August, 1994 the surgery and urology department, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, and ET nurses, etc., established the pressure ulcer care specialty team and the joint pressure ulcer outpatient clinic in the stoma outpatient clinic had started the activities. In 1996, the plastic surgery department began managing the pressure ulcer outpatient clinic. Up to now, we have conducted support for medical treatment of over 1000 pressure ulcer cases of which hospital inpatients or home care patients in Kawaguchi city including neighbor cities and areas. In time of establishing these organizations, the nurse’s role was clarified so that they cooperated with physicians and provided in house education as well as actively doing extramural education in the related area. However, because of the shortage of nursing we have found deterioration and family burden issues. Those make us feel the limited outpatient treatment options. Therefore, this paper elucidates pressure ulcer outpatient clinic activities, the actual home care patient situation, and their future prospects.
