Acute and Chronic Wounds: Intraprofessionals from Novice to Expert

The 6th Edition of Acute & Chronic Wounds provides the latest diagnostic and treatment guidelines to help clinicians provide evidence-based, high-quality care for patients with wounds. It offers an interprofessional approach to maintaining skin integrity and managing various types of skin damage, with a comprehensive coverage of practice development issues. The textbook is written by respected wound experts and includes practical tools, algorithms, and self-assessment questions to prepare for certification exams.

Format: Hardback
Length: 680 pages
Publication date: 26 July 2023
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

The 6th Edition of Acute & Chronic Wounds is a comprehensive guide that provides the latest diagnostic and treatment guidelines for clinicians of all levels, from novice to expert. Written by respected wound experts Ruth Bryant and Denise Nix, this bestselling reference offers an interprofessional approach to maintaining skin integrity and managing various types of skin damage. It covers topics such as the physiology of wound healing, general principles of wound management, special patient populations, management of percutaneous tubes, and specific care instructions.

The textbook is designed to prepare clinicians for all wound certification exams and offers a comprehensive approach to preventing and managing acute and chronic wounds. Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter highlight the most important content, while clinical consult features provide a synthesis of the chapter's information, illustrating how to assess, manage, and document a realistic clinical encounter using the ADPIE or SBAR framework. Checklists offer a concise list of actions necessary to achieve the best patient care outcomes, and practical tools and algorithms help in performing risk assessment, differential diagnosis, classification, treatment, and documentation.

The coverage of practice development issues addresses outcomes and productivity in agencies and institutions, home care, acute care, long-term care, and long-term acute care settings. Self-assessment questions help clinicians test their knowledge and prepare for certification exams, and helpful appendices provide answers to frequently asked questions.

Overall, Acute & Chronic Wounds, 6th Edition is an essential resource for healthcare professionals who want to provide evidence-based, high-quality care for patients with wounds. Its comprehensive approach, written by expert authors, and practical tools and algorithms make it a valuable tool for clinicians across all disciplines involved in wound care.

Weight: 1950g
Dimension: 276 x 216 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780323711906
Edition number: 6 ed