Nursing Effects of Medical Treatment Combination on Patients at High Risk of Developing Pressure Ulcers at Rural Homes

Objective:To explore the nursing effects of medical treatment combination on patients at high risk of developing pressure ulcers at rural homes.Methods:From January 2018 to December 2018,86 patients at high risk of developing pressure ulcers at rural homes who were in Wenjiang Hospital were randomly divided into a control group and an observed group.The control group received the routine publicity and education and visiting,while the observed group adopted the cooperative nursing model of medical treatment combination.Then compare the healing status and nursing satisfaction of the two groups.Results:Of the 43 patients with pressure ulcers in the observed group,18 had been in the second stage of pressure ulcers and 16 had been healed;14 had been in the third stage of pressure ulcers and 8 had been healed;11 had been in the fourth stage of pressure ulcers and 5 had been healed.The nursing satisfaction of the patients in the observed group was 95.35%.Conclusion:Conducting medical treatment combination on patients at high risk of developing pressure ulcers at rural homes can effectively improve the patients’and their families’awareness of pressure ulcer nursing,standardize their nursing behaviour,help recover the patients themselves and promote the patients’satisfaction.

The Practice of the Public Health Cooperation in the Republic of Sierra Leone:Contributions and Experiences

Since the outbreak of Ebola virus disease(EVD)in three countries in West Africa,China CDC has conducted two phases of technical cooperation projects based on the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Biological Safety Laboratory(SLE-CHN BSL-3 Lab)in the Republic of Sierra Leone(1-2).Phase Ⅰ was conducted from July 2015 to June 2017,while Phase Ⅱ started in July 2017 and will continue to June 2020.In total,85 Chinese public health specialists have been dispatched to Freetown,the capital city of Sierra Leone,with 80 serving for 6 months and 5 serving for a year.Most Chinese staff came from China CDC and the remaining roughly 15%came from different provincial-level CDCs.This report summarizes major developments to Sierra Leone’s public health field and comments on experiences obtained from the joint effort.