Wound care essentials : practice principles / Sharon Baranoski, MSN, RN, CWCN,APN-CCRN, MAPWCA, FAAN, Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON,MAPWCA, FAAN

Includes bibliographical references and index

Quality of life and chronic wound care -- Reimbursement regulations impacting wound care -- Legal aspects of wound care -- Skin: an essential organ -- Acute and chronic wound healing -- Wound assessment -- Bioburden infection -- Wound debridement -- Wound treatment options -- Nutrition and wound care -- Pressure redistribution: seating, positioning, and support surfaces -- Pain management and wounds -- Pressure ulcers -- Venous disease and lymphedema management -- Arterial ulcers -- Diabetic foot ulcers -- Sickle cell ulcers -- Surgical reconstruction of wounds -- Tube, drain, and fistula management -- Atypical wounds -- Wounds in special populations -- Pressure ulcers in neonatal and pediatric populations -- Palliative wound care -- Wound gallery