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Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles, Third Edition
Sharon Baranoski
978-1-4511-1304-4 • September 2011 • Softbound • 6” x 9” • 624 pp. • 250 Illus. • 50Tables
This essential clinical reference in the specialty of wound care is the
go-to guide for registered nurses, physical therapists, physicians,
podiatrists, long term care professionals and others shouldering the
responsibility of finding effective solutions in treating both common
and atypical wound problems.
The book is divided into two parts. The first is Wound Care Concepts,
which provides in-depth information on need-to-know topics, including
assessment, wound healing, treatment options, pain management, and
much more.The second section,Wound Classification and Management
Strategies, covers the various types of wounds – including wounds such
as pressure ulcers, arterial ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, surgical wounds,
many others, and provides the strategies for their successful care.
When it comes to providing the best care for patients,
Wound Care
Essentials
is the gold standard. All health care professionals will benefit
from the wealth of information, up-to-date techniques and best
practices Baranoski and Ayello provide for the very important, complex
responsibility of wound care.
Features
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NEW!
Separate chapter on tubes, drains, fistulas, and peristomal
skin management.
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NEW!
More case studies: end-of-chapter Patient Scenarios.
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NEW!
More color photos.
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NEW!
Separate chapter on the pediatric patient.
• Assessment Guidelines.
• Chapter objectives.
• Chapter references.
• Chapter summaries.
• Evidence-based practice feature.
• Practice points feature.
• Show what you know review questions.
Table of Contents
Part 1:
Wound Care Concepts
Ch. 1: Quality of Life and Ethical Issues
Ch. 2: Regulation and Wound Care
Ch. 3: Legal Aspects of Wound Care
Ch. 4: Skin: An Essential Organ
Ch. 5: Acute and Chronic Wound Healing
Ch. 6: Wound Assessment
Ch. 7: Wound Bioburden and Infection
Ch. 8: Wound Debridement
Ch. 9: Wound Treatment Options
Ch. 10: Nutrition and Wound Care
Ch. 11: Pressure Redistribution: Seating,
Positioning, and Support Surfaces
Ch. 12: Pain Management and Wounds
Part 2:
Wound Classifications and
Management Strategies
Ch. 13: Pressure Ulcers
Ch. 14: Venous Disease and Lymphedema
Management, Venous Disease, Lymphedema
Ch. 15: Arterial Ulcers
Ch. 16: Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Ch. 17: Sickle Cell Ulcers
Ch. 18: Surgical Reconstruction of Wounds
Ch. 19: Tube, Drain, and Fistula
Management
Ch. 20: Atypical Wounds
Ch. 21: Wounds in Special Populations,
Intensive Care Population, Spinal Cord
Injury Population, HIV/AIDS Population,
Bariatric Population
Ch. 22: Pressure Ulcers in Neonatal and
Pediatric Populations
Ch. 23: Palliative Wound Care
Ch. 24: Wound Care Perspectives: Present
and Future
Index
Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles,
Fourth Edition
Sharon Baranoski
978-1-4698-8913-9 • September 2015 • Softbound • 50Tables
NEW