Wound And Skin Care Pocket Guide

Myrna Jamont, throughout her career, has worked in medicine, surgery, pediatrics and ICU. While employed at a long-term care facility, she became interested in the prevention of skin breakdown and treatment of wounds. In 2000, she completed the prescribed program of the University of Toronto International Interdisciplinary Wound Care Course. Her position as Equipment and Standardization Nurse in the Saskatoon Health Region included educating staff on the use of all equipment and products available to prevent and treat wounds. As a consultant, she continues to educate as a Skin Care and Wound Management Facilitator/Educator.

Accelerate your skin and wound care with the Clinical Guide to Skin and Wound Care, Seventh Edition. This compact and sensibly organized guide is vital to providing optimal care. Look forward to: * Updated advice on skin care products helps you make the right choices. * Current documentation regulations, so that you can properly illustrate wound healing. * New chapters on lymphedema and best practices. * Profiles of more than 300 products, in A to Z organization for easy identification. * Benchmark outcomes help you take your care to the next level... and more. You'll accurately assess, plan, and monitor wound care using the most current, best nursing practices. This useful resource will help both clinicians and institutions deliver wound care that's both appropriate for patient needs and cost-effective for the institution. Featuring important new information on documentation regulations, including helpful checklists, and offering take-away highlights in every chapter, this useful resource also provides new content on lymphedema management guidelines, negative pressure wound therapy, and capturing data using today's media capabilities. Part 1 covers the fundamentals of skin and wound care, including assessment, treatment, prevention, nutrition, and documentation. From identifying patients at risk for wounds to achieving compliance for self-care, this is the companion you'll rely on day after day. You'll gain a deeper understanding of chronic wounds, accurately interpret lab values and adapt your care, develop a proper skin and wound care formulary, expertly manage tissue load, and understand and apply the wound care regulatory process. Part 2 offers profiles and photos of hundreds of skin and wound care products, all categorized and alphabetized for easy reference. You'll find a wealth of NEW advice on the skin care products you use most, including cleansers, moisture barriers, antifungal and antimicrobial treatments, therapeutic moisturizers, liquid skin protectants, and others. The Seventh edition of Clinical Guide to Skin and Wound Care also includes a full-color wound photo section, wound checklists, and much more.

Expanded and completely updated with the newest wound care products, this handbook is the only all-in-one portable guide to wound care and prevention strategies with more than 300 dressings, drugs, and other products for every type of wound. Part I provides detailed guidelines on wound care and prevention and related professional and legal issues. Part II features profiles and photographs of over 300 wound care products. Part III contains charts of over 200 additional dressings and products. Appendices include assessment tools and multiple treatment algorithms. A manufacturer resource guide includes addresses, telephone numbers, Websites, and manufacturer-sponsored educational programs.

An indispensable reference for wound care clinicians and consultants, this slim little book covers the essential information needed to effectively assess and document skin and wound problems.

Completely updated for its Sixth Edition, this handbook is the only all-in-one portable guide to skin and wound care, with new chapters on skin care and incontinence, important new information on regulations, and more than 650 dressings, drugs, and other products for every type of wound. Part I provides detailed guidelines on wound care and prevention and related professional and legal issues. Part II features profiles and photographs of over 300 wound care products. Part III contains charts of over 300 additional products. Appendices include assessment tools and multiple treatment algorithms. A manufacturer resource guide with Website listings is included.

This thoroughly updated edition addresses the most current issues directly impacting wound care -- including the work of leading clinicians and researchers from multiple disciplines. Contents include wound repair, patient and wound evaluation, documentation and staging of wounds, microbiology, nutrition, skin and the aging process, incontinence care, pressure ulcers, lower extremity ulcers, vascular testing, skin tears, extravasation sites, dehisced surgical wounds, fistulas, radiation burns, wound management, support surfaces, and wound care products.