Wound Care Nursing
A person-centred approach
- 3rd Edition - May 15, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Sebastian Probst
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 7 9 8 1 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 7 9 8 3 - 2
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Request a sales quoteA must have for any nurse wanting to expand their knowledge in this area of wound care. Wound Care Nursing 3rd edition introduces a person-centred approach to wound care practice across the lifespan. The books is fully illustrated with colour photographs and illustrations throughout, and including extensive case studies to demonstrate the practical applications of the most recent research in this area.
- New content covering pressure ulcers, incontinence associated dermatitis, venous leg ulcers and palliative wound care.
- Uniquely it uses a lifespan perspective addressing the care of wounds in all patients from birth to old age.
- All chapters have been fully updated to reflect the current evidence base.
- Nursing theory is used throughout instead of a traditional medical approach, making the material more applicable to nursing practice.
- Links current nursing theory to practice using extensive case studies.
- High quality full colour photographs and illustrations throughout.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgement
- List of Contributors
- Section 1. Assessment and Planning
- Chapter 1. Assessing the Normal and Abnormal
- Introduction
- Assessment of the Individual
- Factors Affecting Wound Healing
- Local Wound Assessment
- Assessment of the Environment
- Chapter 2. Assessing and Planning Individualized Care
- Introduction
- Using a Nursing Model to Assess Individuals
- Planning Individualized Care
- Section 2. Intervention
- Chapter 3. Principles of Wound Interventions
- Introduction
- Historical Perspective
- The Development of Moist Wound Healing
- Interventions for Wound Healing by Primary Intention
- Interventions for Wound Healing by Secondary Intention
- Wound Cleansing
- Assessment of Tissue Type
- Managing Wound Infection/Bioburden
- Chapter 4. Wound Care in the Baby and Young Child
- Introduction
- The Skin in Paediatrics: From Fetus to Newborn
- Nursing Infants
- Pain
- Dressings Suitable for Children
- Extravasation Injury
- Histiocytosis X
- Infectious Diseases
- Thermal Injuries
- Chapter 5. Wound Care in Teenagers
- Introduction
- Chemical Burns
- Pressure Ulcers
- Road Traffic Accidents
- Chapter 6. Wound Care in the Young Adult
- Introduction
- Preparing for Planned Surgery
- Coping with Emergency Surgery
- Caesarean Section
- Traumatic Injury
- Factitious Wounds
- Chapter 7. Wound Care in the Middle-Aged Individual
- Introduction
- Diabetic Foot Ulceration
- Chapter 8. Pressure Ulcers and Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis in Older Individuals
- Introduction
- Pressure Ulcers
- Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis
- Chapter 9. Wound Care in Elderly Individuals with Leg Ulcerations
- Introduction
- Definition, Epidemiology and Consequences
- Aetiology
- Skin in the Elderly
- Assessment of a Person with an Ulcerated Leg
- Management
- Conclusion
- Chapter 10. Cancer and Palliative Wound Care
- Cancer Wound Care
- Palliative Wound Care
- Section 3. Evaluation
- Chapter 11. Ways of Evaluating Care
- Introduction
- Evaluation of the Wound
- Evaluating Delivery of Care
- Evaluating the Patient’s Quality of Life
- Evaluating the Contribution of the Specialist Nurse
- Appendix 2. Useful Websites
- Appendix 3. Answers to MCQs
- Index
- Edition: 3
- Published: May 15, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 192
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702079818
- eBook ISBN: 9780702079832
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Sebastian Probst
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Tissue Viability and Wound Care, School of Health Sciences,
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland,
Geneva, Switzerland;
Editor and Council Member for European Wound Management Association (EWNA)