1st Edition
by Kerrie Coleman (Author), Glo Neilsen (Author)
Wound Care: a practical guide for maintaining skin integrity is a contemporary ANZ resource designed to assist students and clinicians in applying evidence-based wound care to practice.
Written
by expert wound care clinicians and academics, the text offers a range
of clinical scenarios to test wound care knowledge and skills within the
context of real-world settings. It presents a problem-solving approach
to encourage students and practising nurses to critically think about
how to deliver wound care to individuals with a range of acute and
chronic wounds.
Including the most recent local dressings and wound care products, Wound Care: a practical guide for maintaining skin integrity reinforces
the principles of wound care and provides the necessary tools for
students and clinicians to determine how best to deliver effective
nursing care.
- Each chapter provides an overview of specific wound types, followed by five case studies and related multiple-choice questions to test your knowledge and skills
- Case studies include an assessment and management approach to assist you in developing effective clinical application of wound care theory
- Full colour illustrations to help familiarise yourself with a variety of wound types
- A nursing focus with a multidisciplinary approach helps to enhance the 'real-world' experience of wound care
