Advances in Wound Care and Wound Management, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

1st Edition, Volume 60-1 - February 3, 2025
Imprint: Elsevier
Editors: Melania Howell, Tuba Şengül RN, Holly Kirkland-Kyhn
Language: English
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In this issue of Nursing Clinics of North America, guest editors Melania Howell, Tuba Şengül, and Holly Kirkland-Kyhn bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Advances in Wound Care and Wound Management. Top experts explore cutting-edge technologies, innovative treatment approaches, and evidence-based practices to provide readers with insights into the most recent developments in this fast-changing field. Articles emphasize the significance of these advancements, and why they are crucial in the medical world and healthcare services.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Foreword
Preface
Clinical Advances in Wound Care
Chronic Wounds and Dressings: An Overview of Management and Effectiveness
Key points
Introduction
Wound healing process
Types of chronic wounds
Wound dressings
Effectiveness and clinical applications
Future directions
Summary
Clinics care points
Postacute Overview of Burn Injuries: Pathophysiology, Management, and Future Directions
Key points
Introduction
Treatment methods
Burn Wound Care Management and Dressing
Burn and Rehabilitation
Future Directions
Summary
Clinics care points
Complications of Wounds in the Acute Care Setting
Key points
Background
Pressure injury
Venous leg ulcer
Arterial ulcers
Diabetic foot ulcers
Skin tears
Medical adhesive-related skin injuries
Moisture-associated skin damage
Surgical incisions
Infectious wounds
Summary
Clinics care points
Wound Care in Children and Adolescents
Key points
Introduction
The current landscape of health care
Wound care leadership and multidisciplinary teamwork
Benefit of collaboration
How to collaborate
Professional organizations
Challenges
Future of wound care
Technologies
Social media and artificial intelligence
Summary
Clinics care points
Updates in Arterial Ulcers
Key points
Introduction
Resources needed when managing arterial ulcers
Classification systems and their application
Diagnosis of arterial ulcers
Management
Revascularization in patients with ischemic ulcers
Access methods
Advances in endovascular therapy
Vessel preparation
Pharmacotherapy in arterial ulcers
Goal-directed medical therapy in peripheral artery disease/Chronic limb-threatening ischemia
Lifestyle modification
Pharmacogenetics
Topical wound management
Considerations in mixed arterial-venous leg ulcer
Summary
Clinics care points
Wound Care in Venous Disease and Lymphedema
Key points
Introduction
Edema management
Phases of healing
Clinics care points—phases of healing
Symptoms of venous disease
Venous ulcers
Treatment interventions
Clinics care points—venous
Lymphatic system
Characteristics
Clinics care points—lymphedema
Summary
Intraoperative Pressure Injury Prevention
Key points
Clinical setting – operating room
Availability of resources/pressure offloading tools
Top wounds frequently seen in your clinical setting
Prevention
Treatment goals
Proposed formulary of supplies
Safety policy and documentation
Clinics care points
Tropical Diseases Wounds
Key points
Introduction
Summary
Clinics care points
Wounds in the Unhoused Population
Key points
Description of the setting
Unique characteristics
Unique challenges
Availability of resources
Case studies: examples and management in the unhoused population
Summary
Clinics care point
Innovative Approaches and Collaborative Strategies in Wound Care
Common Oncologic Wounds
Key points
Introduction
Radiation-related dermatitis
Chemotherapy-induced extravasation
Clinics care points
Surgical Site Infection Arising from the Operating Room
Key points
Introduction
Incidence
Risk factors in the operating room
Precautions that can be taken to prevent surgical site infections in the operating room
Summary
Clinics care points
Transition of Care Challenges and Opportunities for Chronic Wounds
Key points
Background and introduction
Challenges and variations in the transition of care
Types of vascular ulcers
Challenges of wound care in community-based settings
Opportunity in community and home-based care in managing chronic wounds
Summary
Clinics care points
Ethnicity, Skin Tones, and Cultural Considerations in Wound Care: Challenges and Solutions
Key points
Background
Improving outcomes of vulnerable populations
Traditional medicine, ethnicity, and dressing selections
Strategies to overcome challenges caring for multi-ethnic populations
Summary
Clinics care points
The Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Teamwork Across Care Settings and Transitions of Care
Key points
Introduction
Background
What is interdisciplinary collaboration?
What makes for a successful interdisciplinary team?
Interdisciplinary communication
Summary
Clinics care points
The Role of the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurse in an Earthquake
Key points
Introduction
Bachelor’s and wound, ostomy, and continence-certified training programs
Maintaining professional values
The ethical issues expressed by wound, ostomy, and continence nurses
Differences in wound management during earthquakes
Legal regulations
Coping strategies
Summary
Clinics care points
Wound Care Education in Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Settings
Key points
The importance of wound care education in nursing
The status of wound care education in Europe, Turkey, and America
Summary
Clinics care points
Future Direction of Wound Care
Key points
Introduction
Current use in wound care
Summary
Clinics care points

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