Bibliograph

Fast facts for wound care nursing, practical wound management, Trisha Myers

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Fast facts for wound care nursing, practical wound management, Trisha Myers

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fast facts for wound care nursing

Nature of contents

bibliographyhandbooks

Oclc number

1243905840

Responsibility statement

Trisha Myers

Series statement

Fast facts

Sub title

practical wound management

Summary

""Wounds" - What a broad term! The Original Roget's International Thesaurus gives all of the following terms for "wounds": trauma, injury, hurt, lesion, cut, incision, scratch, gash, puncture, stab, laceration, mutilation, abrasion, gangrene, necrosis, and more. If Roget were a healthcare provider looking at a wound for the first time, he would not stop with just a simple surface term. In a split second, he would send all that information to his mental search engine for processing. His simple surface term, abrasion, would generate more sensory input such as: classifications - common, complex, or atypical, chronic, or acute, and bioburden - clean, dirty, infected, and so on. Before heaving a big sigh, he might have contemplated nutrition and pain management. After all this was sufficiently processed, another broad concept would surface. "I need a remedy." Roget's brain interface system would go into overdrive, bouncing from one neuron to neuron as more definitions came to mind, such as : relief, help, restorative, medicine, drug, soothing, debridement, salve, antibiotics, poultices, bandage, healing, curative, restorative, palliative, protective...oh, and coming up for air...preventive. Whew!"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Attacking the Basics: What Fuels a Wound -- The Phases of Wound Healing and Types of Wound Closure -- Acute Wounds -- Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds -- Pressure Injuries -- Atypical, Complex Wounds -- Assessing Wounds -- Documenting and Photographing Wounds -- Selecting the Correct Dressings -- Biologic Agents and Skin Substitutes -- Wound Debridement -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy -- Caring for Ostomies and Fistulas -- The Promotion of Skin Integrity -- Selecting Optimal Support Surfaces and Patient Positioning -- Qualifications and Certifications for Wound Care -- Facility Accreditation -- The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Healthcare's Common Procedural Coding System

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