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Wound care nursing : a patient-centred approach / Sue Bale, Vanessa Jones ; foreword by Christine Moffatt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh : Mosby Elsevier, 2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 235 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780723433446 (pbk.) :
  • 0723433445
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 617.1406 BAL
Contents:
SECTION 1: Assessment and Planning:- 1. Assessing the normal and abnormal:- Introduction--Assessment of the individual--Factors affecting wound healing--Local wound assessment--Assessment of the environment--Summary--Further reading--References--2. Assessing and planning individualized care:- Introduction--Using a nursing model to assess individuals--Planning individualized care--Summary--Further reading--References--SECTION 2: Intervention:- 3. Principles of wound intervention:- Introduction--Historical perspective--The development of moist wound healing--Management of sutured wounds--Management of open or granulating wounds--Managing wound infection--Wound cleansing--Summary--Further reading--References--4. Wound care in the baby and young child:- Introduction--Nursing infants--Extravasation injury--Histiocytosis X--Infectious diseases--Thermal injuries--Animal bite wounds--Summary--Further reading--References--5. Wound Care in teenagers:- Introduction--Chemical burns--Pressure sores--Road traffic accidents--Summary--Further reading--References--6. Wound care in the young adult:- Introduction--Preparing for planned surgery--Coping with emergency surgery--Caesarean section--Traumatic injury--Malignant tumours--Factitious wounds--Summary--Further reading--References--7. Wound care in the middle-aged individual:- Introduction--Diabetic foot ulceration--Breast cancer--Colorectal cancer--Summary--Further reading--References--8. Wound care in the elderly individual with a pressure ulcer:- Introduction--Pressure ulcers--Assessment of the elderly patient with a pressure ulcer--Wound management--Summary--Further reading--References--9. Wound care in the elderly individual with leg ulceration and malignancy:- Introduction--Leg ulceration--Venous ulcers--Arterial ulcers--Fungating malignant wounds--Summary--Further reading--References--SECTION 3: Evaluation:- 10. 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--Summary--Further reading--References.
Includes--Assessment and planning--Intervention--Evaluation.
Summary: Introduces the reader to a nursing framework for wound care, which focuses on the patient and their nursing care, rather than on the wound. This book is suitable for both students and practicing nurses in hospitals and the community. For wound care specialists, it aims to provide a source for teaching.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 617.1406 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 207923

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SECTION 1: Assessment and Planning:- 1. Assessing the normal and abnormal:- Introduction--Assessment of the individual--Factors affecting wound healing--Local wound assessment--Assessment of the environment--Summary--Further reading--References--2. Assessing and planning individualized care:- Introduction--Using a nursing model to assess individuals--Planning individualized care--Summary--Further reading--References--SECTION 2: Intervention:- 3. Principles of wound intervention:- Introduction--Historical perspective--The development of moist wound healing--Management of sutured wounds--Management of open or granulating wounds--Managing wound infection--Wound cleansing--Summary--Further reading--References--4. Wound care in the baby and young child:- Introduction--Nursing infants--Extravasation injury--Histiocytosis X--Infectious diseases--Thermal injuries--Animal bite wounds--Summary--Further reading--References--5. Wound Care in teenagers:- Introduction--Chemical burns--Pressure sores--Road traffic accidents--Summary--Further reading--References--6. Wound care in the young adult:- Introduction--Preparing for planned surgery--Coping with emergency surgery--Caesarean section--Traumatic injury--Malignant tumours--Factitious wounds--Summary--Further reading--References--7. Wound care in the middle-aged individual:- Introduction--Diabetic foot ulceration--Breast cancer--Colorectal cancer--Summary--Further reading--References--8. Wound care in the elderly individual with a pressure ulcer:- Introduction--Pressure ulcers--Assessment of the elderly patient with a pressure ulcer--Wound management--Summary--Further reading--References--9. Wound care in the elderly individual with leg ulceration and malignancy:- Introduction--Leg ulceration--Venous ulcers--Arterial ulcers--Fungating malignant wounds--Summary--Further reading--References--SECTION 3: Evaluation:- 10. 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--Summary--Further reading--References.

Includes--Assessment and planning--Intervention--Evaluation.

Introduces the reader to a nursing framework for wound care, which focuses on the patient and their nursing care, rather than on the wound. This book is suitable for both students and practicing nurses in hospitals and the community. For wound care specialists, it aims to provide a source for teaching.

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