Wound Care: A Practical Guide for Maintaining Skin Integrity

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-7295-4317-0
Verlag: ELSEVIER

Buch, Englisch, 241 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Wound Care: a practical guide for maintaining skin integrity is a contemporary ANZ resource designed to assist students and clinicians in applying evidence-based wound care to practice.

Written by expert wound care clinicians and academics, the text offers a range of clinical scenarios to test wound care knowledge and skills within the context of real-world settings. It presents a problem-solving approach to encourage students and practising nurses to critically think about how to deliver wound care to individuals with a range of acute and chronic wounds.

Including the most recent local dressings and wound care products, Wound Care: a practical guide for maintaining skin integrity reinforces the principles of wound care and provides the necessary tools for students and clinicians to determine how best to deliver effective nursing care.
- Each chapter provides an overview of specific wound types, followed by five case studies and related multiple-choice questions to test your knowledge and skills
- Case studies include an assessment and management approach to assist you in developing effective clinical application of wound care theory
- Full colour illustrations to help familiarise yourself with a variety of wound types
- A nursing focus with a multidisciplinary approach helps to enhance the 'real-world' experience of wound care

Additional resources on Evolve

eBook on VitalSource

Instructor/and Student Resources:

- Answers to Case Study questions
- Quick reference list of local wound care products/dressings
- Self-assessment quizzes
- Image bank

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coleman, Kerrie

Neilsen, Glo

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Principles of Wound Healing
- Wound healing journey
- Healable vs non-healable wounds
- Traumatic wounds
- Surgical wounds
- Cellulitis
- Malignant wounds
- Skin integrity issues
- Conditions affecting the lower limbs
- Management of the diabetic foot
- Indigenous and tropical wounds
- How to individualise your wound management plan

Über Autor(innen)

Coleman, Kerrie
Kerrie Coleman is a Nurse Practitioner in wound management and was involved in setting up the Skin Integrity Service at the Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital. Kerrie has approximately 30 years' experience in wound management and has worked primarily in tertiary hospitals in NSW and Qld. She manages an outpatient wound clinic, provides inpatient consultations and is a resource for the local health service district and across Queensland. She has completed a Masters in Wound Care and NP Chronic Disease and is a PhD candidate in wound care. In 2016 Kerrie was awarded the Ian McFarlane Award for nursing excellence in clinical education and clinical practice.

Neilsen, Glo
Glo Nielsen is a former nursing lecturer at Central Queensland University working with undergraduate and diploma nursing students. Her experience commencing in the 1970s spans surgical nursing and working in tertiary, regional, and aged care settings within Australia. This practice is delivered in diverse settings and meets environmental and patient needs. As an educator undertaking her PhD in wound care, Glo knows that clinicians need to be armed with practical skills, and effective, holistic wound care must respond to evidence based practice. This practice can be challenging and must meet environmental and patient needs.