Nursing Catalogue 2016

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Clinical Guide to Skin andWound Care, Seventh Edition Cathy Thomas Hess, RN, BSN, CWOCN 978-1-60913-679-6 • June 2012 • Spiralbound • 5” x 8” • 624 pp. • 300 Illus.

Accelerate your skin and wound care with the Clinical Guide to Skin andWoundCare, Seventh Edition . This compact and sensibly organized guide is vital to providing optimal care. In this edition, there are updated advice on skin care products helps you make the right choices, current documentation regulations, so that you can properly illustrate wound healing, new chapters on lymphedema and best practices and profiles of more than 300 products, in A to Z organization for easy identification, as well as benchmark outcomes that help you to take care of the next level, and more. 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. ClinicalGuide to Skin andWoundCare, Seventh Edition , also includes a full-color wound photo section, wound checklists, and much more. Features • NEW! Important new content on documentation regulations • NEW! Chapter on lymphedema featuring best practices. • NEW! Checklists chapter. • Profiles of more than 300 products in alphabetical organization.

Table of Contents Contents Preface Part 1: Mastering Skin and Wound Care Ch. 1: Skin Care and Wound Prevention Strategies Ch. 2: Assessing Documenting Chronic Wounds Ch. 3: Understanding and Managing Chronic Wounds Ch. 4: Best Practices for Managing the Effects of Lymphedema Ch. 5: Laboratory values in chronic wound management Ch. 6: Harnessing technology: EMR checklists and operational compliance Part 2: Skin and Wound Care Products Ch.7: Skin Care Products Ch. 8: Dressings and Devices Ch. 9: Alginates Ch. 10: Antimicrobials Ch. 11: Collagens Ch. 12: Composites Ch. 13: Contact Layers Ch. 14: Foams Ch. 15: Hydrocolloids Ch. 16: Hydrogels Ch. 17: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Ch. 18: Specialty Absorptive Ch. 19: Surgical Supplies, Miscellaneous Ch. 20: Transparent Films Ch. 21: Wound Fillers Ch. 22: Other Products Ch. 23: Drugs Part 3: Additional Dressings and Products Appendices Manufacturer resource guide Selected references Index

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