Context for Practice: Artificial Intelligence, Skin Failure in the Acutely Ill, High Output Ostomy, Convexity Characteristics, Urinary Incontinence During Pregnancy
Summary: In this editorial, Mikel Gray highlights several emerging and overlapping issues in wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) nursing practice. Topics include the integration of artificial intelligence into clinical workflows, recognition of skin failure in acutely ill patients, challenges of high-output ostomies, the role of convexity in ostomy management, and considerations for urinary incontinence during pregnancy. The discussion underscores the importance of staying engaged with interdisciplinary knowledge that shapes patient care.
Key Highlights:
- Artificial Intelligence: Growing applications in wound and ostomy care, with potential to enhance decision support and improve clinical efficiency.
- Skin Failure: Understanding skin failure as an organ dysfunction in critically ill patients broadens the scope of pressure injury assessment.
- High-Output Ostomy: Identifies clinical and management challenges in maintaining patient hydration and appliance effectiveness.
- Convexity in Ostomy Care: Reviews how convex pouching systems can improve peristomal skin protection and appliance adherence.
- Urinary Incontinence in Pregnancy: Highlights this often-overlooked issue and its implications for continence care within WOC nursing.
Read the full editorial in JWOCN
Keywords:
artificial intelligence,
skin failure,
high output ostomy,
convexity in ostomy care,
urinary incontinence pregnancy,
Mikel Gray