A Color Guide to the Nursing Management of Chronic Wounds

Wound management continues to be one of the areas of clinical practice where nurses are continuing to lead the way forward. The care of patients/clients with wounds continues to be demanding on time and resources with more frail elderly, more patients withcompromised immune systems, a quicker throughput of patients, and an increase in resistant organisms. This book will continue to enable the nurse practitioner to identify optimum management for patients with wounds. This new edition will continue to be written in a highly readable style, and will continue to be a practical, research-based guide. All the contents will be updated for currency and continuing clinical application. In addition, experts in particular areas of practice have been invited to writethe more specialist chapters, e.g. nutrition and wound healing, and dermatological aspects of skin care.

Uses high-quality color plates to illustrate the different types of wounds and their related treatment Provides the theoretical underpinnings of wound care with chapters on related physiology, microbiology and patient assessment. Emphasizes accurate patient assessment and gives the rational theoretical basis for deciding on the most appropriate treatment. Links theory and practice at every stage.