Ideal for quick reference in any ward or community environment, this pocket-sized (120x80mm), spiral-bound book in the popular Nursing & Health Survival guide series puts all the crucial information on wound care at your fingertips.
It includes all you need to know on:
- Wound assessment
- Wound conditions
- Treatment and dressing choice
- Pressure ulcers and prevention
- Healing factors and risk assessment
And much more
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Ideal for quick reference in any ward or community environment, this pocket-sized guide puts all the crucial information on wound care at your fingertips.
Contents
Introduction
What is a wound?
The role of the healthcare professional
Wound healing
Factors that influence wound healing
Physical, psychological and social impact
Wound assessment
Treatment plan
Dressing choice
Necrotic wound
Sloughy wound
Infected wound
Granulating wound
Epithelialisation
Overgranulation
Skin tears
Infection control/Handwashing
Aseptic technique
Patient: Case study
Record keeping
Pressure area care
What is a pressure ulcer?
Guidelines
Who is at risk
Pressure ulcer causes
Pressure ulcer Risk assessment tool
Preventative Careplan
Skin assessment
Pressure ulcer staging
Treatment options (grade1-4)
Moisture lesions vs Pressure ulcers
Cavilon-product application
Nutrition for pressure ulcer prevention
Patient repositioning
Why is repositioning so important?
At risk sites
Support surfaces
Incident reporting
Patient referral-Multi-disciplinary working
Residential homes
Image Sources
References
Useful Websites
Kelly Ryan has been a Community nurse since 2005(BSc Hons, Degree Adult Nursing), dealing with various types of wound care on a daily basis, and has a keen interest in this area. In 2008 she completed the Mentoring and Assessment Module at Coventry University enabling her to mentor students in practice. She gained a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education in 2011 and plans to starts a Masters degree in the future. She has also co-authored the Nursing & Health Survival Guide on CPR, published in January 2012.
