| Description |
301 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The need for a multi-professional approach in wound care / Karen Ousey and Caroline McIntosh -- Physiology of wound healing / Karen Ousey and Caroline McIntosh -- Skin changes in the at risk limb / Caroline McIntosh and Kimberley Martin -- Infected wounds / Nicolleta Frescos and Tabatha Rando -- Leg ulcers / Adrienne Taylor -- Surgical wounds / Jacqui Fletcher -- Pressure ulcers / Karen Ousey and Caroline McIntosh -- Diabetic foot ulcers / Caroline McIntosh and Veronica Newton -- Foot ulceration in rheumatoid arthritis / Deborah Turner, Jill Firth, and Heidi Davys -- Nail surgery wounds / Caroline McIntosh and Steve Hancox |
| Summary |
"Lower Extremity Wounds: A Problem-Based Learning Approach is the first wound care book that has been written as a joint venture by experienced nurses and podiatrists, all with expert knowledge in wound care. It highlights the importance of multi-professional collaboration to encourage the crossing and dismantling of professional boundaries, to increase understanding of each other's roles, and ultimately to ensure that the patient receives the best available evidence-based interventions during their health care journey." "Taking a problem-based learning approach, each of the ten chapters highlights best practice in the management of wounds by type, discusses clinical guidelines and current evidence, and links this theory to a clinical scenario, thus bridging the theory-to-practice gap. Numerous full colour illustrations are used throughout the book to visually enhance the reader's learning." |
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"Aimed at both students and practitioners, this book is essential reading for anyone involved in lower extremity wound care."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Leg -- Wounds and injuries -- Treatment.
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Leg -- Ulcers -- Treatment.
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Wound healing.
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Wound Healing -- physiology.
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Wounds and Injuries -- therapy.
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Lower Extremity -- injuries.
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Problem-Based Learning.
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Skin Diseases -- therapy.
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| Author |
Ousey, Karen.
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McIntosh, Caroline.
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| LC no. |
2007022434 |
| ISBN |
9780470512661 cloth |
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9780470059081 paperback |
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