BookSharon Baranoski, MSN, RN, CWCN, APN-CCRN, MAPWCA, FAAN, Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, MAPWCA, FAAN.
Contents:
Quality of life and chronic wound care
Reimbursement regulations impacting wound care
Legal aspects of wound care
Skin: an essential organ
Acute and chronic wound healing
Wound assessment
Bioburden infection
Wound debridement
Wound treatment options
Nutrition and wound care
Pressure redistribution: seating, positioning, and support surfaces
Pain management and wounds
Pressure ulcers
Venous disease and lymphedema management
Arterial ulcers
Diabetic foot ulcers
Sickle cell ulcers
Surgical reconstruction of wounds
Tube, drain, and fistula management
Atypical wounds
Wounds in special populations
Pressure ulcers in neonatal and pediatric populations
Palliative wound care
Wound gallery.