Wound Care Made Incredibly Easy! UK Edition

1. UK Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-901831-06-1
Verlag: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Trade Paper, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 497 g

Reihe: Incredibly Easy! Series

Wound Care Made Incredibly Easy! contains a wealth of essential wound care information for nurses. Written by recognised experts, it focuses on the needs of nurses who are new to wound care practice, covering all the fundamentals of wound care including wound healing, wound assessment, cleansing and dressing selection and adjunctive therapies. It also has dedicated chapters on diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers and vascular ulceration.

Wound Care Made Incredibly Easy! UK Edition includes a chapter dedicated to accountability and legal issues. A must for every pre-registration and newly qualified nurse, this chapter includes sections on the role of key organisations such as the NMC and NICE, healthcare quality control mechanisms, patients' rights and the fundamentals of litigation.

Drawing on current UK and European guidance, the book is soundly rooted in current standards of practice making it an important source of information for any nurse new to the field of wound care in the UK.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vuolo, Julie

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Wound care fundamentals
- Wound assessment and monitoring
- Basic wound care procedures
- Acute wounds
- Leg Ulcers
- Pressure ulcers
- Diabetic foot ulcers
- Nonhealing wounds
- Wound care products
- Therapeutic modalities
- Accountability and Legal issues