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
Nurse's Pocket Guide to Wound CareChapter 1: General considerations for all wounded patients/clientsLegal and regulatory aspects of wound care
Ethics and wound care
Co-morbidities that effect wounds and wound care
Psychosocial considerations in wounds and wound careChapter 2: Wound assessment Anatomy and physiology review of skin and supporting organ systems (e.g. cardiovascular – how it impacts wound healing)
Wound assessment, measurement, outcome measurement
Diagnostic ToolsChapter 3: Wound Care and Management PrinciplesWound cleansing
Wound Debridement: how and when to select
Application and removal of dressing tips
Dressing types and rationale for selectionChapter 4: Wound Documentation and MonitoringAvailable documentation tools
Additional components of wound care
Author comments
A recognized expert on wound care, Donna Scemons, RN, FNP, MSN, CNS, CWOCN, serves as the Education Committee Chair for the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Association (WOCN). Donna is the President and CEO of Health Care Systems, Inc., in which she provides educational programs and clinical consultation to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, managed care organizations and home health/hospice agencies. Donna also works part-time as an acute care family nurse practitioner with Kaiser Permanente.
Denise Elston, RN, BSN, CWOCN, is a Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse with Kaiser Permanente.
