Baranoski, Sharon,

Wound care essentials : practice principles / Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello. - xv, 415 pages, 16 pages of col. plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Wound care concepts -- Quality of life and ethical issues -- Legal aspects of wound care -- Regulation and wound care -- Skin: An essential organ -- Acute and chronic wound healing -- Wound assessment -- Wound bioburden -- Wound debridement -- Wound treatment options -- Nutrition and wound care -- Seating, positioning, and support surfaces -- Pain management and wounds -- Wound classifications and management strategies -- Pressure ulcers -- Vascular ulcers -- Diabetic foot ulcers -- Sickle cell ulcers -- Wounds in special populations -- Complex wounds -- Atypical wounds -- Wound care: Where we were, where we are, where we're going. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Pt. 2. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

1582552746 9781582552743

2003013185


Wounds and injuries--Patients--Care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Wounds and injuries--Nursing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Wound healing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Wounds and injuries--Treatment
Skin Ulcer--therapy

RD94 / .B374 2004

617.1