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

LIBRA RD93 .B325 2006
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bale, Sue.
Contributor:
Jones, Vanessa (Vanessa J.)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wounds and injuries--Treatment.
Wounds and injuries.
Surgical dressings.
Nursing.
Nursing Care--methods.
Wounds and Injuries--nursing.
Patient-Centered Care--methods.
Medical Subjects:
Nursing Care--methods.
Wounds and Injuries--nursing.
Patient-Centered Care--methods.
Physical Description:
xi, 235 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Edinburgh ; New York : Mosby Elsevier, 2006.
Summary:
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Based on current research and the authors' extensive, first-hand knowledge and experience, this book introduces readers to wound care in nursing practice with a holistic, patient-centered approach. It presents a nursing framework for wound care that uses a nursing model rather than a medical model, focusing on care of the patient rather than simply care of the wound. Throughout the book, readers will find case studies with individualized care plans that demonstrate practical applications, full color illustrations, and a lifespan perspective that takes the reader on a wound care "journey" from birth to old age.
Contents:
Section 1 Assessment and Planning 1
1 Assessing the normal and abnormal 3
Assessment of the individual 5
Factors affecting wound healing 11
Local wound assessment 17
Assessment of the environment 27
2 Assessing and planning individualized care 33
Using a nursing model to assess individuals 33
Planning individualized care 43
Section 2 Intervention 49
3 Principles of wound interventions 51
Historical perspective 52
The development of moist wound healing 55
Management of sutured wounds 56
Management of open or granulating wounds 56
Managing wound infection 63
Wound cleansing 67
4 Wound care in the baby and young child 73
Nursing infants 74
Extravasation injury 77
Histiocytosis X 80
Infectious diseases 84
Thermal injuries 87
Animal bite wounds 92
5 Wound care in teenagers 97
Chemical burns 99
Pressure sores 102
Road traffic accidents 107
6 Wound care in the young adult 113
Preparing for planned surgery 114
Coping with emergency surgery 114
Caesarean section 120
Traumatic injury 124
Malignant tumours 126
Factitious wounds 128
7 Wound care in the middle-aged individual 135
Diabetic foot ulceration 136
Breast cancer 143
Colorectal cancer 147
8 Wound care in the elderly individual with a pressure ulcer 153
Pressure ulcers 154
Assessment of the elderly patient with a pressure ulcer 166
Wound management 169
9 Wound care in the elderly individual with leg ulceration and malignancy 177
Leg ulceration 177
Venous ulcers 178
Arterial ulcers 189
Fungating malignant wounds 194
Section 3 Evaluation 201
10 Ways of evaluating care 203
Evaluation of the wound 204
Evaluating delivery of care 205
Evaluating the patient's quality of life 209
Evaluating the contribution of the specialist nurse 211
Appendix Section of NICE (2003) Pressure ulcer prevention clinical guideline 7 217.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0723433445
OCLC:
63830131

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