Fast facts for wound care nursing : practical wound management in a nutshell /
Using the concise, compact Fast Facts format, this guide encompasses the multitude of new healing technologies and presents important breakthroughs in understanding why some wounds don't heal. Each Chapter builds, step-by-step, on the essential principles of wound care including wound assessmen...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer Pub.,
2012
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| Series: | Fast facts (Springer Publishing Company)
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Attacking the basics : know what fuels a wound and understand the outcome goal
- Understanding wound etiology
- Assessing and documenting wounds
- Debriding wounds
- Documenting and photographing wounds
- Skin injuries
- Common chronic wounds
- Complex wounds
- Recognizing atypical (uncommon) wounds : vasculitis, calciphylaxis, varicella-zoster virus (VZV)
- Understanding wound care guidelines and protocols
- Selecting the correct dressings for optimal wound care
- Using adjunctive therapies : negative pressure, normothermic therapy, pulsed lavage, hyperbaric oxygen, negative pressure wound treatment lymphatic drainage therapy, (NPWT) [use of woundvac]
- Caring for ostomies and fistulas
- Implementing care to promote skin care integrity
- Selecting the optimal surface and equipment for the patient : positioning devices, seating cushions, and bariatric products
- Qualifications and certifications for specializing in wound care
- Awareness of your facility's reputation : certification and accreditation : Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) guidelines for pressure ulcers; magnet hospital standards
- CMS HCPCS guidelines and reimbursement.
