Baranoski Sharon, Ayello Elizabeth A. (eds.) Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles

4th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2016. — 1143 p.The newly expanded and updated Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles, 4th edition is your go-to clinical guide to assessing and treating the full range of skin and wound conditions--from common to less common, simple to complex, and acute to chronic. This comprehensive, easy-read handbook provides practical guidance on the many aspects of wound care, including the legal, ethical, psychological, and social aspects. This is an essential guide for advanced practice nurses and nurse practitioners, nursing students, physician’s assistants, dermatology physicians, family physicians, and physical therapists. Tap into these evidence-based skills and care strategies, and handle the complexities of wound care with confidence.Wound Care Concepts
Quality of Life and Chronic Wound Care
Reimbursement Regulations Impacting Wound Care
Legal Aspects of Wound Care
Skin: An Essential Organ
Acute and Chronic Wound Healing
Wound Assessment
Bioburden Infection
Wound Debridement
Wound Treatment Options
Nutrition and Wound Care
Pressure Redistribution: Seating, Positioning, and Support Surfaces
Pain Management and Wounds
Wound Care Concepts
Wound Classifications and Management Strategies
Pressure Ulcers
Venous Disease and Lymphedema Management
Venous Disease
Lymphedema
Arterial Ulcers
Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Sickle Cell Ulcers
Surgical Reconstruction of Wounds
Tube, Drain, and Fistula Management
Atypical Wounds
Wounds in Special Populations
Spinal Cord Injury Population
HIV/AIDS Population
Bariatric Population
Pressure Ulcers in Neonatal and Pediatric Populations
Palliative Wound Care
Wound Photo Gallery Questions