Waubonsee Community College

Fast facts about pressure ulcer care for nurses, how to prevent, detect, and resolve them in a nutshell, Mary Ellen Dziedzic, MSN, RN, CWOCN

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Fast facts about pressure ulcer care for nurses

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857863227

Mary Ellen Dziedzic, MSN, RN, CWOCN

Fast facts

how to prevent, detect, and resolve them in a nutshell

"This book discusses pressure ulcer risk assessment (including use of the Braden Scale), the incidence and underlying causes of pressure ulcers, planning patient care, equipment for mitigating pressure on susceptible tissues, nutrition, and issues concerning dressings and treatment. It discusses prevention tools that can be used in acute care, long-term facilities, and the home. Evidence-based strategies address the benefits of creating a skin care team, how to create documentation that will facilitate higher reimbursement, and working with outpatients. Nurses studying for Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse certification will find support material regarding identifying, preventing, and resolving pressure ulcers not readily available elsewhere.", -- from the publisher

The problem of pressure ulcer occurrence -- Anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the skin -- Risk assessment -- Back to basics in skin care and assessment -- Pressure ulcer prevention -- Nutrition and pressure ulcers -- Mobility and pressure ulcers -- Go to the mattress : mattresses and specialty beds -- What happens when a patient does acquire a pressure ulcer? -- Treatment-creating an environment of healing -- Debridement of wounds -- Creating an environment of skin safety throughout the health care facility