Summary of findings
| Work activities | Knowledge sharing facilitated by the digital application itself | Knowledge sharing facilitated by complementary and collaborative sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Assessments of wounds | – Structured way of working – Enables knowledge sharing from earlier assessments, also from other care providers – Enables knowledge sharing with the patient – Enables professionals to discuss their different assessments – Notes can be documented – Enables support with different parameters for specific considerations – Enables professionals to recognize changes of the wound – Stimulate professionals’ reflections – Enable reflections and analyses of wounds afterwards – Enables learning about wounds in combination with certain diseases – Stimulates learning for less experienced professionals – Awareness of situations where the application is not useful | – Difficult to define the type of wound – Certain types of wounds are not defined in the application – Professionals sometimes need to discuss with each other to define the type of wound – Nurses have been encouraged and strengthened to make diagnoses of wounds – New routines are created on how and when to assess wounds – Various factors about the patient are of vital importance for wound healing – Professionals think that more guidance in the application is needed – Professionals should learn to be more comfortable to make assessments – Checklists for different types of wounds are suggested – Suggestions on how to measure wound pockets are discussed – Suggestions of products to use when patients are allergic to certain products – Information about basic cleaning routines for wounds could be included in the library – To be cost-effective in healing wounds – not just use cheap dressings |
| Treatments of wounds | – Enables support with recommendations of treatments and dressing for certain wounds – Provides structured information about types of dressing to use for different types of wounds – Tendons and bones in wounds are difficult to treat using the application | – There should be routines on which professionals could do what – Training is needed for certain treatments – Redressing as rarely as possible – Need of redressing often means wrong dressing or bandage – Know what treatments to avoid for wound healing – Ambiguities on who should prescribe wrapping |
| Work activities | Knowledge sharing facilitated by the digital application itself | Knowledge sharing facilitated by complementary and collaborative sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Assessments of wounds | – Structured way of working | – Difficult to define the type of wound |
| Treatments of wounds | – Enables support with recommendations of treatments and dressing for certain wounds | – There should be routines on which professionals could do what |
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