Trends in wound care /
Trends in wound care /
edited by Richard White.
- Dinton : Quay, c2002.
- xi, 146 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
- BJN monograph series .
- BJN monograph series .
This compilation of selected articles from established authorities in their respected areas, is sourced from the British Journal of Nursing 1999-2001 and subsequently expanded, amended and updated by the authors-Back cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Section 1: Basics. Understanding physiology of wound healing and how dressings help; a topical issue: the use of antibacterials in wound pathogen control; applying the principles of infection control to wound care. Section 2: Chronic wounds. investigations in the management of lower limb ulceration; developments in wound care for difficult to manage wounds. Section 3: Acute wounds. acute surgical wound care 1: an overview of treatment; acute surgical wound care 2: the wound healing process; wound care in the accident and emergency department; the development of a standardised approach to wound care in ICU. Section 4: Practice. the importance of wound documentation and classification; the importance of patients nutritional status in wound healing; nursing aspects of pressure ulcer prevention and therapy.
9781856421706 (pbk.) : £24.99 1856421708
Wound healing.
Wounds and injuries--Treatment
Wounds and injuries--Nursing
Health and Wellbeing.
Medicine & nursing
Nursing
RD93.95
617.1406 WHI
This compilation of selected articles from established authorities in their respected areas, is sourced from the British Journal of Nursing 1999-2001 and subsequently expanded, amended and updated by the authors-Back cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Section 1: Basics. Understanding physiology of wound healing and how dressings help; a topical issue: the use of antibacterials in wound pathogen control; applying the principles of infection control to wound care. Section 2: Chronic wounds. investigations in the management of lower limb ulceration; developments in wound care for difficult to manage wounds. Section 3: Acute wounds. acute surgical wound care 1: an overview of treatment; acute surgical wound care 2: the wound healing process; wound care in the accident and emergency department; the development of a standardised approach to wound care in ICU. Section 4: Practice. the importance of wound documentation and classification; the importance of patients nutritional status in wound healing; nursing aspects of pressure ulcer prevention and therapy.
9781856421706 (pbk.) : £24.99 1856421708
Wound healing.
Wounds and injuries--Treatment
Wounds and injuries--Nursing
Health and Wellbeing.
Medicine & nursing
Nursing
RD93.95
617.1406 WHI