Description |
xvi, 558 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
1. Anatomy and Physiology of Skin and Soft Tissue / Annette B. Wysocki -- 2. Wound-Healing Physiology / Joann Waldrop and Dorothy Doughty -- 3. Nutritional Assessment and Support / Nancy A. Stotts -- 4. Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation: Their Pivotal Roles in Wound Healing / Diane M. Cooper -- 5. Principles of Wound Management / Bonnie Sue Rolstad, Liza G. Ovington and Ann Harris -- App. 5.1. Wound Care Product Formulary / Bonnie Sue Rolstad, Liza G. Ovington and Ann Harris -- 6. Skin Pathology and Types of Skin Damage / Ruth A. Bryant -- 7. Wound Debridement / Janet Ramundo and Judy Wells -- App. 7.1. WOCN Position Statement: Conservative Sharp Wound Debridement -- 8. Wound Infection: Diagnosis and Management / Nancy A. Stotts -- 9. Acute Surgical and Traumatic Wound Healing / Judith M. West and Michael L. Gimbel -- 10. Massive Tissue Loss: Burns / Ruth Wilson -- 11. Mechanical Forces: Pressure, Shear, and Friction / Barbara Pieper -- 12. Lower-Extremity Ulcers of Vascular Etiology / Dorothy B. Doughty, Joann Waldrop and Janet Ramundo -- 13. Vascular and Neuropathic Wounds: The Diabetic Wound / Laurel A. Wiersema-Bryant and Bruce A. Kraemer -- 14. Management of Drain Sites and Fistulas / Bonnie Sue Rolstad and Ruth A. Bryant -- 15. Management of Gastrointestinal Feeding Tubes / Ruth A. Bryant -- 16. Oncology-Related Skin Damage / Margaret T. Goldberg and Peggy Mcgynn-Byer -- 17. Managing Wound Pain / Diane Krasner -- 18. Surgical Approaches to Wound Closure / Donald J. Morris -- 19. Molecular Regulation of Wound Healing / Greg Schultz -- 20. Adjuvant Wound Therapies / Craig L. Broussard, Susan Mendez-Eastman and Rita Frantz -- 21. Principles for Practice Development / Ruth Bryant -- 22. Home Environment: Implications for Wound Care Practice Development / Kristy Wright and Laurie Lovejoy McNichol -- 23. Practice Development in Acute and Long-Term Care Settings / Monica Beshara, Gayle Jameson and Barbara Barr -- 24. Team Approach to a Wound Care Program / Nancy Tomaselli and Mark S. Granick -- App. A. Self-Assessment Answers -- App. B. Risk Assessment Scales -- App. D. Wound Patient's Bill of Rights.00000 p |
Summary |
Focusing on a multidisciplinary approach, Acute and Chronic Wounds: Nursing Management, 2e, provides a resource for health care providers challenged with the care of acute surgical wounds and all types of chronic wounds |
Notes |
First published 1992 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
Subject |
Skin -- Ulcers -- Nursing.
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Surgical wound infections -- Nursing.
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Wound healing.
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Wounds and injuries -- Nursing.
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Wounds and Injuries -- nursing.
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Enterostomy -- nursing.
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Patient Care Planning.
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Wound Healing.
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Ulcer -- nursing.
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Wound Healing.
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Wounds and Injuries -- nursing.
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Author |
Bryant, Ruth A.
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LC no. |
00032921 |
ISBN |
1556644108 |
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