Nurse to Nurse Wound Care

Overview

Main description

The latest information on wound care in a comprehensive yet portable resource

Written by the chair of the Education Committee of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Association, this is the first text on wound care to be both comprehensive in scope yet small enough to fit into a lab coat pocket. All of the latest information on wound care is now available at your fingertips.

Part of the new Nurse to Nurse series, this title features coverage of the principles behind acute as well as chronic wounds. The authors include assessment and evaluation principles, how to stage or classify any wound, and practical hints on wound measurement and wound care. You will also find documentation and reimbursement tips for many healthcare settings.

Features:

• PDA download of the entire text
• Wound care suggestions along with advantages and disadvanatages so you can make fully informed decisions about wound care
• In abbreviated format, all the considerations that must be made when treating wounds of differing pathophysiology and in multiple healthcare settings
• The most current scientific evidence on wound care
• Coated flex-binding repels stains

The new 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 situtions. Written in a consistent, single-author voice, this series brings the wisdom and experience of some of the foremost 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
Index

Author comments

Donna Scemons, RN, FNP-BC, MSN, MA, CNS, CWOCN, is President of Healthcare Systems, Inc., and a Family Nurse Practitioner with a practice in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Care in California.
Denise Elston, RN, BSN, CWOCN, is a consultant with a practice in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Care for Acute Care, Outpatient, Home Health, Hospice, and Long-Term Care settings in California.