WOUND CARE ESSENTIALS. PRACTICE PRINCIPLES. FOURTH EDITION

Part I. Wound Care Concepts

1 Quality of Life and Chronic Wound Care 1
Kevin Y. Woo, Elizabeth Van Den Kerkhof, and Carolina Jimenez
2 Reimbursement Regulations Impacting Wound Care 16
Dan R. Berlowitz, Marcia Nusgart, and Karen Ravitz
3 Legal Aspects of Wound Care 34
Steven P. Knowlton and Gregory Brown
4 Skin: An Essential Organ 52
Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello, Jeffrey M. Levine, Kimberly LeBlanc,
and Marjana Tomic-Canic
5 Acute and Chronic Wound Healing 82
Samantha Holloway, Keith Harding, Joyce K. Stechmiller, and Gregory Schultz
6 Wound Assessment 99
Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello, and Diane K. Langemo
7 Bioburden Infection 121
Nancy A. Stotts
8 Wound Debridement 149
Elizabeth A. Ayello, R. Gary Sibbald, and Sharon Baranoski
9 Wound Treatment Options 171
Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, Sharon Baranoski, Elizabeth A. Ayello, Andrea McIntosh,
Linda Montoya, and Pamela Scarborough
10 Nutrition and Wound Care 227
Mary Ellen Posthauer and Becky Dorner
11 Pressure Redistribution: Seating, Positioning, and Support Surfaces 251
David M. Brienza, Karen Zulkowski, Stephen Sprigle, and Mary Jo Geyer
12 Pain Management and Wounds 281
Linda E. Dallam, Elizabeth A. Ayello, Kevin Y. Woo, and R. Gary Sibbald
Wound Care Concepts I P A R T
Contents
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II Wound Classifications
and Management Strategies
P A R T
13 Pressure Ulcers 309
Elizabeth A. Ayello, Sharon Baranoski, Janet E. Cuddigan, and Wendy S. Harris
14 Venous Disease and Lymphedema Management 340
Venous Disease
Mary Y. Sieggreen and Ronald A. Kline
Lymphedema
Caroline E. Fife, Mary Y. Sieggreen, and Ronald A. Kline
15 Arterial Ulcers 376
Mary Y. Sieggreen, Ronald A. Kline, R. Gary Sibbald, and Gregory Ralph Weir
16 Diabetic Foot Ulcers 398
Suzanne van Asten, Paul Kim, Javier La Fontaine, and Lawrence A. Lavery
17 Sickle Cell Ulcers 429
Terry Treadwell
18 Surgical Reconstruction of Wounds 441
Joyce M. Black and Jonathan S. Black
19 Tube, Drain, and Fistula Management 458
Linda J. Stricker and Paula Erwin Toth
20 Atypical Wounds 472
Freya Van Driessche and Robert S. Kirsner
21 Wounds in Special Populations 493
Spinal Cord Injury Population
Susan L. Garber
HIV/AIDS Population
Carl A. Kirton
Bariatric Population
Susan Gallagher and Sharon Baranoski
22 Pressure Ulcers in Neonatal and Pediatric Populations 528
Sandy Quigley
23 Palliative Wound Care 543
Diane K. Langemo
24 Wound Photo Gallery Questions 562
Sharon Baranoski and Elizabeth A. Ayello
Appendix 569
Index 579

The newly expanded and updated Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles, 4th 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.

Adopt wound care best practices with this fully illustrated, on-the-spot clinical guide …

- 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:
- An essential visual aid for students
- Crucial training aid for staff at wound centers and in every health care setting
- Vital preparation for Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse (WOCN) certification exam
- Step-by-step directions and guidance on wound assessment, healing stages, treatment options, dressings, pain management, legal and ethical issues, coping patterns, medical documentation
- 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:
- Assessment Guidelines
- Pre-Chapter Objectives; Post-Chapter Summaries
- Practice Point boxes
- Show What You Know - Chapter review questions (with answers at end of book)
- Patient Teaching boxes