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Acute and Chronic Wounds

Current Management Concepts

Prevent and manage wounds with this expert, all-inclusive resource! Acute & Chronic Wounds: Current Management Concepts, 5th Edition provides the latest diagnostic and t… Leer más

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Prevent and manage wounds with this expert, all-inclusive resource! Acute & Chronic Wounds: Current Management Concepts, 5th Edition provides the latest diagnostic and treatment guidelines to help you provide quality care for patients with wounds. This textbook presents an interprofessional approach to maintaining skin integrity and managing the numerous types of skin damage including topics that range from the physiology of wound healing, general principles of wound management, vulnerable patient populations, management of percutaneous tubes, and specific care instructions to program development. Written by respected nursing educators Ruth Bryant and Denise Nix, this bestselling reference also provides excellent preparation for all wound certification exams.

Puntos claves

  • A comprehensive approach to the care of patients with acute and chronic wounds guides students and health care providers to design, deliver and evaluate quality skin and wound care in a systematic fashion; the comprehensive approach includes the latest advances in diagnosis, differentiation of wound types, nutrition, prevention, treatment, and pharmacology
  • Self-assessment questions and answers in each chapter help you assess your knowledge and prepare for all wound certification exams
  • Checklists offer a concise, easy-to-read summary of the steps needed to achieve the best patient care outcomes
  • Risk assessment scales help in determining a patient's risk for developing a wound, and wound classification tools identify the proper terminology to be used in documentation
  • Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter focus your study on the most important content
  • Principles for practice development boost outcomes and productivity in agencies and institutions, home care, acute care, long-term care, and long-term acute care settings

Índice

Section I: Foundations

1. Principles for Practice Development to Facilitate Outcomes and Productivity

2. Billing, Reimbursement, and Setting Up a Clinic

3. Anatomy and Physiology of Skin and Soft Tissue

4. Wound-Healing Physiology and Factors that Affect the Repair Process

5. Types of Skin Damage and Differential Diagnosis

6. Skin and Wound Inspection and Assessment

Section II: Pressure Ulcers

7. Pressure Ulcers: Impact, Etiology, and Classification

8. Developing and Maintaining a Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program

9. Support Surfaces

Section III: Lower Extremity Wounds

10. Lower Extremity Assessment

11. Arterial Ulcers

12. Venous Ulcers

13. Lymphedema

14. Neuropathic Wounds: The Diabetic Wound

15. Foot and Nail Care

Section IV: Wound Bed Preparation

16. Wound Infection: Diagnosis and Management

17. Wound Debridement

18. Principles of Wound Healing and Topical Management

Section V: Biophysical and Biologic Agents

19. Cellular- and/or Tissue-Based Products for Wounds

20. Molecular and Cellular Regulators

21. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

22. Hyperbaric Oxygenation

23. Electrical Stimulation

24. Ultraviolet Light and Ultrasound

Section VI: Critical Cofactors

25. Wound Pain: Impact and Assessment

26. Managing Wound Pain

27. Nutritional Assessment and Support

28. Perfusion and Oxygenation

29. Eliminating Noncompliance

Section VII: Acute and Traumatic Wounds

30. Uncommon Wounds and Manifestations of Intrinsic Disease

31. Traumatic Wounds: Bullets, Blasts, and Vehicle Crashes

32. Burns

33. Reconstructive Surgery

34. Surgical Wounds and Incision Care

Section VIII: Special Patient Populations

35. Skin Care Needs of the Obese Patient

36. Skin Care Needs of the Neonatal and Pediatric Patient

37. Managing Wounds in Palliative Care

38. Management of Draining Wounds and Fistulas

39. Percutaneous Tube Management

Appendix
A: Tool Examples to Support Skin and Wound Care
B: Self-Assessment Exercises

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Sobre los autores

RB

Ruth Bryant

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Nurse Scientist, Essentia Health, St. Paul, Minnesota; President Emeritus, Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC), USA

DN

Denise Nix

Afiliaciones y experiencia
WOC Nurse M Health Fairview Hospitals and Clinics Minneapolis, Minnesota; Subject Matter Expert Patient Safety Minnesota Hospital Association St Paul, Minnesota; Consultant Nix Consulting LLC Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA