The latest information on wound care in a comprehensive portable resource.
In McGraw-Hill's Nurse to Nurse: Wound Care you'll find concise, yet comprehensive coverage of:
- Principles behind acute as well as chronic wound care
- Assessment and evaluation principles
- Trauma systems
- How to stage or classify any wound
- Practical hints on wound measurement and wound care
- Documentation and reimbursement tips
- Wound care suggestions along with advantages and disadvantages to help you make fully informed decisions
- The most current scientific evidence on wound care
- All the considerations that must be made when treating wounds of differing pathophysiology and in multiple healthcare settings
Written by the chair of the Education Committee of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Association, all of the latest information on wound care is now available literally at your fingertips.
The Nurse to Nurse series is specifically designed to simulate the teaching experience nurses learn best from: trusted mentors carefully explaining what they must do in specific clinical situations. This series brings the wisdom and experience of some of the experts to non-specialist nurses in clinical care.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Ethical Consideration in Wound Evaluation and Management
Chapter 2: Principles of Skin and Wound Care
Chapter 3: Pressure Ulcer Assessment and Management Principles
Chapter 4: Lower Extremity Wounds of Venous Insufficiency
Chapter 5: Arterial Insufficiency, Ulcer Assessment, and Management Principles
Chapter 6: Neuropathic and Diabetic Ulcer Assessment and Management Principles
Chapter 7: Lymphedema
Chapter 8: Assessment of Other Wound Types
Chapter 9: Wound Management, Products, and Support Surface Selection
Chapter 10: Skin Assessment and Documentation
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Nurse to Nurse: Wound Care
