Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles » (2nd Edition)

Written by two well-known wound care specialists and an interdisciplinary team of experts, this handbook is essential for all professionals involved in wound care, including nurses, physical therapists, physicians, podiatrists, and long-term care professionals. The book provides practical, comprehensive guidelines for assessment and management of both common and atypical wound problems and covers many topics not sufficiently addressed in other texts, such as sickle cell wounds, amputation, gene therapy, and the specific wound care needs of special populations. Features include more than 100 photographs and illustrations, recurring icons such as Evidence-Based Practice and Practice Points, case studies, and review questions.

Contributors and consultants     vii
Foreword     xi
Preface     xii
Dedication     xiii
Wound care concepts
Quality of life and ethical issues     2
Regulation and wound care     18
Legal aspects of wound care     30
Skin: An essential organ     47
Acute and chronic wound healing     64
Wound assessment     77
Wound bioburden     93
Wound debridement     119
Wound treatment options     136
Nutrition and wound care     172
Pressure redistribution: Seating, positioning, and support surfaces     202
Pain management and wounds     229
Wound classifications and management strategies
Pressure ulcers     254
Venous ulcers, lymphedema, and compression therapy     287
Arterial ulcers     317
Diabetic foot ulcers     338
Sickle cell ulcers     363
Surgical wounds, tubes, and drains     373
Atypical wounds     391
Wounds in special populations     408
Palliative wound care     448
Wound care: Where we were, where we are, where we're going     462
Index     467