Quick reference to wound care, 3d ed.

9780763755836

Quick reference to wound care, 3d ed.

Ed. by Pamela Brown.

Jones & Bartlett

2009

238 pages

$54.95

Paperback

RD94

Seven American medical professionals contribute 15 chapters to a guide to the basics of wound care, illustrating the most common wound types with color and b&w photographs and diagrams. The text offers health care professionals information that is easy to use so they can provide optimal wound care in the most cost-effective manner. Coverage includes assessment and documentation, the normal healing process, basics of wound management, topical treatments, wound types commonly seen by health care professionals, and issues specific to home health and skilled facilities. The third edition has been updated throughout to reflect current wound care treatment and products. It addresses major changes in pressure ulcer staging, and includes a new chapter, "You Are Not Alone in Wound Care," giving health care professionals free educational resources available on the Internet.

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