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Amália de Fátima Lucena1,2, Taline Bavaresco3, Dóris Baratz Menegon4
1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós- Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
Objective:
To describe the knowledge translation obtained through research of low-level laser therapy to wound treatment in the clinical practice.
Methods:
Experience report about implementation strategies of this new technology in a university hospital, being an extension course the main one, developed between May and December 2019.
Results:
The course was carried out by researchers in partnership with clinical nurses to 13 nurses from different areas with previous experience in wound care. Were taught 30 theoretical-practical class hours, part of them supervised in a real clinical setting, besides case studies. From that, an exclusive nursing consultation schedule of laser therapy was created at the outpatient and its use was also improved to patients admitted in several units of the hospital.
Final Considerations:
The knowledge translation developed about laser therapy allowed its implementation as a technology in wound treatment, qualifying the professional practice and benefiting the treatment of patients with wounds.
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