Wound assessment and the TIME framework.
A structured wound assessment is a crucial part of managing any patient with a wound. Many different wound assessment tools currently exist but there is little standardization in the information they are used to record. A simple framework such as TIME can be used to co-ordinate the data collection into more useful elements which assist in planning cost-effective care. Clustering the information under the key headings of TIME encourages the practitioner to relate what they are seeing to what is happening at a cellular level and manage wounds in a proactive rather than reactive manner, setting clear management/care objectives to facilitate the wound to heal where this is appropriate.
Fletcher
Jacqui
J
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK.
D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D009737:Nursing Records; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D012015:Reference Standards; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000451:nursing*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*