Volume 39 Number 1

Our journal: Meeting a diversity of needs

Jenny Prentice

For referencing Prentice J. Our journal: Meeting a diversity of needs. WCET® Journal 2019; 39(1):6

DOI https://doi.org/10.33235/wcet.39.1.6

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Collaboratively the WCET® Board and the journal publisher and editor are addressing MEDLINE indexing criteria to achieve our goal of being granted MEDLINE indexed status. In addressing the required criteria, we have for the first time, as published within this issue, stated the aims and scope of the journal, which are broadly reflective of the ethos of the WCET®.

On reflection of the stated aims and scope it highlights the diverse nature of the specialty of wound ostomy and continence nursing; the diverse challenges specialists in these fields face across the globe and within our respective countries, health services and health educational systems. Finally, it highlights the diverse range of peoples we care for with wound, stoma or continence issues within vastly different cultural and societal norms. 

The diversity of something is defined by the fact that it contains very many different elements1.  Diversity according to Queensborough Community College “is a reality created by individuals and groups from a broad spectrum of demographic and philosophical differences …along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs or other ideologies”2.

Diversity is also an inherent factor in healthcare that encompasses a range of differences in relation to patient demographics (disease process, gender, age, culture, and education) that in combination result in dissimilar needs and preferences, which may create both barriers and opportunities3. Leadership with healthcare organisations and professional bodies is required to assist health professionals to deal with the challenges of diversity in healthcare4.

Within our specialty, even our titles including enterostomal therapists (ET) and stomal therapy, stoma care, tissue viability, continence care or wound ostomy and continence (WOC) nurses indicates diversity. Whatever our titles, as nurses who are charged with providing effective evidenced-based, safe, person-centred care we are also expected to be able to manage diversity on a day to day basis by understanding, valuing and integrating a person’s individual and differing needs and situations into the plan of care5

WCET® as a professional body is committed to supporting life-long learning of nurses in our speciality globally through provision of the WCET® Journal. The scope of articles published within the journal reflects the diverse and often complex nature of wound, ostomy and continence nursing. The benefits of shared expertise through publication within the Journal assists with managing diversity by providing insight into how patient, health service, educational or political barriers maybe ameliorated or provide opportunities for improvement across these arenas and assist with the practicalities of clinical care.

The range of topics within this current issue speak to the diverse and complex problems wound, ostomy and continence nurses deal with from a clinical, research and humanitarian perspective. Lee et al discuss the phenomena of drug induced Pyoderma gangrenosum, while Perez describes the complexity of managing multiple ostomies and fistula in a patient with bowel and bladder cancer. The association between ostomy adjustment and stigma within a Chinese population are identified by Xu et al.  Point of care technology is explored by Smart et al whose exploratory research sought to validate no-touch infrared surface thermometry devices ability to predict wound-related infection. 

We also celebrate our diversity through the continuing partnership with the International Interprofessional Wound Care Group (IIWCG) for which the WCET® Journal also serves as their official journal.

Translation of the journal into Chinese, and later this year into other languages, specifically for WCET® members further demonstrates the WCET® Board’s commitment to acknowledging and meeting the diverse needs of its membership.

With Kind Regards

Jenny Prentice


我们的杂志:满足多种需求

Jenny Prentice

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33235/wcet.39.1.6

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WCET®编委会、杂志出版公司和编辑正齐心协力满足MEDLINE索引标准要求,努力实现我们加入MEDLINE索引杂志的目标。为满足要求的标准,我们在本期中首次声明了杂志的目的和范畴。这些目的和范畴广泛地反映了WCET®的精神。

反思所声明的目的和范畴,它突显了伤口造口和失禁护理专业的多样性;这些领域的专家们所面临的来自全球和我们各自的国家、卫生服务和健康教育制度的多样性挑战。最后,它还突显了在千差万别的文化和社会规范下,我们所服务的带有伤口、造口术或失禁问题的人群的多样性。 

某一事物的多样性是指其含有许多非常不同的元素1。根据皇后社区学院(Queensborough Community College)的定义,多样性“是个体和群体从人种、种族、性别、性取向、社会经济地位、年龄、身体能力、宗教信仰、政治信仰或其他意识形态方面的广泛人口和哲学差异中所创造的现实”2

多样性在医疗界也是一种固有因素,包括与患者人口统计学(病程、性别、年龄、文化和教育)相关的各种差异,这些差异相结合,导致需求和偏好不同,这可能会带来障碍,也会带来机会3。需要医疗机构和专业团体的领导,以辅助医疗专业人员应对医疗界的多样性挑战4

在我们的专业范围内,甚至我们的头衔都表明了多样性,其中包括造口治疗师(ET)和造口治疗术、造口护理、组织活力、失禁护理或伤口造口术和失禁(WOC)护士。无论我们的头衔是什么,作为护士,我们的职责是提供有效、循证、安全、以人为本的护理,我们还需要能够通过理解、重视个人的不同需求和情景,将之纳入护理计划中,以此管理日常工作中的多样性5

作为一个专业团体,WCET® 致力于通过WCET®杂志支持全球专业护士的终身学习。本杂志所发表的文章的范畴体现了伤口、造口术和失禁护理领域的多样性和通常出现的复杂性。在本杂志上发表文章以分享专业知识的好处是,它通过深入了解患者、健康服务、教育或政治障碍可如何得到改善来管理多样性,或者为改善这些领域提供机会,并为临床护理的可实践性提供帮助。

本期杂志的主题范围涉及伤口、造口术和失禁护士在临床、研究和人道主义方面需要处理的多样化和复杂的问题。Lee等人讨论了药物导致的坏疽性脓皮病现象,Perez描述了在一位大肠癌和膀胱癌患者身上管理多个造口和瘘管时的复杂性。Xu等人在中国人群里发现了造口术适应性与病耻感之间的关联。 Smart等人探讨了治疗点技术(Point of care technology)。他们的探索性研究旨在验证非接触红外线表面温度测量仪预测伤口相关感染的能力。

我们还与国际跨专业伤口护理小组(IIWCG)保持持续的合作关系,以此弘扬我们的多样性。WCET®杂志也是IIWCG的官方杂志。

本杂志被翻译成中文,且将在今年下半年翻译成其他语言,以特地满足WCET®会员的需求,这进一步证明了WCET®编委会承认并满足其会员的多样性需求的承诺。

祝好

Jenny Prentice


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Jenny Prentice 
PhD, BN, RN, FAWMA
Email editor@wcetn.org

References

  1. Collins English Dictionary https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/diversity  accessed 8th March 2019
  2. Queensborough Community College, Queensborough University New York. http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/diversity/definition.html  accessed 8th March 2019.
  3. Celik H, Abma TA, Widdershoven GA & van Wijmen FCB et al. Implementation of diversity in healthcare practices: Barriers and opportunities. Patient Education and Counselling 71 (2008) 65–71.
  4. The Sullivan Commission. The Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. 2004, Atlanta, GA. 
  5. National health Service: Education for Scotland. Equality Diversity. www.effectivepractitioner.nes.scot.nhs.uk accessed 8th March 2019