Wound Care: A practical guide for maintaining skin integrity

by Kerrie Coleman MN Clinical (Wound) MNP (Chronic disease) BNsc DipApSc PhD candidate (Author), Glo Neilsen RN BHlth MNLead GCAP PhD Candidate (Author)

Wound Care: a practical guide for maintaining skin integrity is a contemporary ANZ resource designed to assist students and clinicians in applying evidence-based wound care to practice.
Written by expert wound care clinicians and academics, the text offers a range of clinical scenarios to test wound care knowledge and skills within the context of real-world settings. It presents a problem-solving approach to encourage students and practising nurses to critically think about how to deliver wound care to individuals with a range of acute and chronic wounds.
Including the most recent local dressings and wound care products, Wound Care: a practical guide for maintaining skin integrity reinforces the principles of wound care and provides the necessary tools for students and clinicians to determine how best to deliver effective nursing care.

Each chapter provides an overview of specific wound types, followed by five case studies and related multiple-choice questions to test your knowledge and skills
Case studies include an assessment and management approach to assist you in developing effective clinical application of wound care theory
Full colour illustrations to help familiarise yourself with a variety of wound types
A nursing focus with a multidisciplinary approach helps to enhance the 'real-world' experience of wound care

Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elsevier; 1st edition (December 17, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 241 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 072954317X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0729543170
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780729543170
eText ISBN: 9780729587532
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.4 x 9.2 inches