Synopses & Reviews
Accelerate your skin and wound care with the Clinical Guide to Skin and Wound Care, Seventh Edition.
Thisand#160;compact andand#160;sensibly organized guide is vital to providing optimal care. Look forward to:
andbull; Updated advice on skin care products helps you make the right choices.
andbull; Current documentation regulations, so that you can properly illustrate wound healing.
andbull;and#160;New chapters on lymphedema and best practices.
andbull; Profiles of more than 300 products, in A to Z organization for easy identification.andbull; Benchmark outcomesand#160;help you take your care to the next level... and more.
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Youandrsquo;ll accurately assess, plan, and monitor wound care using the most current, best nursing practices.
This useful resource will help both clinicians and institutions deliver wound care that's both appropriate for patient needs and cost-effective for the institution.
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Featuring important new information on documentation regulations, including helpful checklists, and offering take-away highlights in every chapter, this useful resource also provides new content on lymphedema management guidelines, negative pressure wound therapy, and capturing data using today's media capabilities.
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Part 1 covers the fundamentals of skin and wound care, including assessment, treatment, prevention, nutrition, and documentation. and#160;From identifying patients at risk for wounds to achieving compliance for self-care, this is the companion youandrsquo;ll rely on day after day. Youandrsquo;ll gain a deeper understanding of chronic wounds, accurately interpret lab values and adapt your care, develop a proper skin and wound care formulary, expertly manage tissue load, and understand and apply the wound care regulatory process.
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Part 2 offers profiles and photos of hundreds of skin and wound care products, all categorized and alphabetized for easy reference. and#160;Youandrsquo;ll find a wealth of NEW advice on the skin care products you use most, including cleansers, moisture barriers, antifungal and antimicrobial treatments, therapeutic moisturizers, liquid skin protectants, and others.
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The Seventh edition of Clinical Guide to Skin and Wound Care also includes a full-color wound photo section, wound checklists, and much more.
Synopsis
Completely updated for its Sixth Edition, this handbook is the only all-in-one portable guide to skin and wound care, with new chapters on skin care and incontinence, important new information on regulations, and more than 650 dressings, drugs, and other products for every type of wound. Part I provides detailed guidelines on wound care and prevention and related professional and legal issues. Part II features profiles and photographs of over 300 wound care products. Part III contains charts of over 300 additional products.
Appendices include assessment tools and multiple treatment algorithms. A manufacturer resource guide with Website listings is included.
Synopsis
This handy-sized, completely updated edition will help both clinicians and institutions deliver appropriate, cost-efficient wound care. Clinical Guide: Skin and Wound Care, Sixth Edition provides new content on skin care, incontinence, and regulations while providing an overview of wound care and prevention and more than 650 wound care products for every type of wound. The appendices provide assessment tools and multiple treatment algorithms.
Synopsis
This useful resource will help both cliniciansand#160;and institutions deliver wound care that's both appropriate for patient needs and cost-effectiveand#160;for the institution.and#160;Featuring important new information on documentation regulations, including helpful checklists,and#160;andand#160;offering take-away highlights in every chapter, this useful resource alsoand#160;providesand#160;new content on lymphedema management guidelines,and#160;negative pressure woundand#160;therapy, andand#160;capturing dataand#160;using today's mediaand#160;capabilities. Part 1 covers the fundamentals ofand#160;skin and wound care, including assessment, treatment, prevention, nutrition, and documentation. Part 2 offers profiles and photos ofand#160;hundreds of skin and wound care products, all categorized and alphabetized forand#160;easy reference. The book also includes a full-colorand#160;wound photo section, wound checklists, and much more.and#160;
Table of Contents
Contents
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Preface
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Part I: Mastering skin and wound care
Chapter 1and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Skin care and wound prevention strategies
Chapter 2and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Assessing documenting chronic wounds
Chapter 3and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Understanding and managing chronic wounds
Chapter 4and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Best practices for managing the effects of lymphedema
Chapter 5and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Laboratory values in chronic wound management
Chapter 6and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Harnessing technology: EMR checklists and operational compliance
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Part II: Skin and wound care products
Skin care products
Dressings and devices
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Alginates
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Antimicrobials
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Collagens
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Composites
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Contact layers
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Foams
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Hydrocolloids
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Hydrogels
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Negative pressure wound therapy
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Specialty absorptives
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Surgical supplies, miscellaneous
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Transparent films
and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Wound fillers
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Drugs
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Part 3: Additional dressings and products
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Appendices
Manufacturer resource guide
Selected references
Index