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Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles, Fourth Edition Sharo Baranoski 978-1-4698-8913-9 • September 2015 • Softbound • 8.375” x 10.875” • 608 pp • 349 Illus

The newly expanded and updated Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles, Fourth Edition is your go-to clinical guide to assessing and treating the full range of skin and wound conditions--from common to less common, simple to complex, and acute to chronic. This comprehensive, easy-read handbook provides practical guidance on the many aspects of wound care, including the legal, ethical, psychological, and social aspects. This is an essential guide for advanced practice nurses and nurse practitioners, nursing students, physician’s assistants, dermatology physicians, family physicians, and physical therapists. Tap into these evidence-based skills and care strategies, and handle the complexities of wound care with confidence. Features • NEW! More than 350 full-color photos and illustrations • NEW! Content on areas including: Chronic wound quality-of-life and self-management care models; wound care regulations; skin assessment and skin tears; fistula management; wound bioburden; adjunctant therapies; pressure ulcers; support surfaces; nutrition; palliative care guideline updates • NEW! Chapter featuring 36 photos of wounds with test questions, offering: o An essential visual aid for students o Crucial training aid for staff at wound centers and in every health care setting o Vital preparation for Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse (WOCN) certification exam o Step-by-step directions and guidance on wound assessment, healing stages, treatment options, dressings, pain management, legal and ethical issues, coping patterns, medical documentation o Patient management strategies for all wound types, including: palliative wound care, sickle cell wounds, pressure ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, surgical wounds, and more • Chapter features include: o Assessment Guidelines o Pre-Chapter Objectives; Post-Chapter Summaries o Practice Point boxes o ShowWhat You Know - Chapter review questions (with answers at end of book) o Patient Teaching boxes

Table of Contents 1. Quality of Life and Chronic Wound Care 2. Reimbursement Regulations Impacting Wound Care 3. Legal Aspects of Wound Care 4. Skin: An Essential Organ 5. Acute and Chronic Wound Healing

6. Wound Assessment 7. Bioburden Infection 8. Wound Debridement

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9. Wound Treatment Options 10.Nutrition and Wound Care

11. Pressure Redistribution: Seating, Positioning, and Support Surfaces 12. Pain Management and Wounds Wound Care Concepts 13.Pressure 14.Venous Disease and Lymphedema Management 15. Arterial Ulcers 16.Diabetic Foot Ulcers 17. Sickle Cell Ulcers 18.Surgical Reconstruction of Wounds 19.Tube, Drain, and Fistula Management 20.Atypical Wounds 21. Wounds in Special Populations

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