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Skin Rehabilitation Nurses must be institutionalized
[Editorial Bureau] Park, Mi Kyung@nursenews.co.kr articles, Article Registration 2004-06-03 09:41:29 am
Skin rehabilitation nurses serve as light for the patients who have handicap because of their appearance due to burns or injuries. Therefore, more nurses are to participate in the field of skin rehabilitation, thereby developing skin rehabilitation into specialized nursing.
The number of subjects for the skin rehabilitation in Korea can be estimated by looking at the statistics of 119 Fire Headquarters. Every year, the number of burn patients reached about 2,000. These patients suffer pain such as wounds reaming after treatment, cicatrix and keloid scars appearing again, receiving great inconvenience and restrictions in home and social life.
As a method of helping the burn patients regain their appearance and return to normal social life, the skin rehabilitation nursing is in the limelight. As a special massage technique to improve immunity and resistance, the skin rehabilitation nursing naturally reduces pain, itching, skin strain, protruding tissue and lymph edema.
The skin rehabilitation nursing is professionally conducted at Oh, Jung Ok Skin Rehabili-Center (Director Oh, Jung Ok) and Bestian Medical Center (Director Kim, Kyung Sik). In particular, Oh, Jung Ok, as a pioneer in this field, helps many burn patients live new life and train younger generations based on her know-how in skin rehabilitation.
Bestian Medical Center opened a skin rehabilitation clinic in the department of nursing (Director of Department Lee, Mi Sook), providing follow-up management and rehabilitation of the burn patients.
Technical Advisor Oh, Jung Ok transfer practical know-how and 3 skilled nurses including Chief Nurse Sim, Eun Young take case of 400~500 patients on a monthly basis. Kim, Hyeon Joo, who visited the clinic because of her child who suffered burns in the hand said: ¡°The skin gets soft and the hand moves naturally after 4-month skin rehabilitation nursing therapy. I will recommend this therapy to others so they can experience this amazing effect of skin rehabilitation nursing therapy.¡±
The nurse who want to become a skin rehabilitation nurse can acquire civilian qualification through completing the courses including the introduction and particulars of skin rehabilitation nursing, skin stimulation therapy, wound care and nursing management, etc. at the Continuing Education Center of Red Cross College of Nursing. Oh, Jung Ok, the full-time lecturer in this course, said: ¡°As the patients are desperate for the skin rehabilitation nursing therapy, I wish the skin rehabilitation nurses would be institutionalized as soon as possible.¡±.