Overview
Quick Reference to Wound Care: Palliative, Home, and Clinical Practices, Fourth Edition provides healthcare professionals with the essentials necessary to deliver the best wound care in a cost-effective manner. Updated to reflect current wound care treatments and products, it includes wound assessment, the healing process, the basics of wound management, topical treatments, and management of the major wound types.
• New chapter on palliative wound care
• New contributors discuss long-term care and federal changes in documentation and assessment for patients in long-term care facilitates
• Home care chapter outlines several significant Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) changes
The book contains predominantly black-and-white illustrations, with some color illustrations.
This is the definitive work on wound care for home care professionals. It comprehensively examines all the common wound types from skin tears to venous ulcers and outlines how to treat them quickly and effectively. This handbook is useful to both professionals and students, as it can be carried on patient visits or used as a textbook in courses.
Editorials
From The Critics
Reviewer: Katherine L Aguilar, MHA, BS, RN (University of Missouri-Columbia)Description: This update of a book on evidence-based wound care management uses algorithms, color pictures, and case studies to make it a quick reference, as the title suggests. New to this edition is the discussion of wound care management in palliative care and home care settings. The previous edition was published in 2011.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a resource of evidence-based practice for wound care management in multiple settings. What is noteworthy is the emphasis on patients' quality of life versus healing of wounds in the discussions of the case studies. The book also encourages readers to research further information, especially regarding Medicare and other cost-related issues.
Audience: "It is written for clinicians, and not only for students and practitioners, but also for all persons in need of information regarding wound/skin issues. "
Features: The book presents integrated information on wound care/treatment and wound issues related to etiology. It is a well-rounded resource, discussing wound care healing in a realistic narrative. It is easy to read, combining the narratives of case studies with a bullet-point format. The color pictures appropriately support wound descriptions and etiology.
Assessment: This is a useful book that is easy to use to find relevant information. The color pictures clearly capture many types of wounds. With the expansion of its focus into palliative care and home care, this new edition is justified.
Booknews
Shows health care professionals how to provide optimal wound care in the most cost-effective manner possible. Covers the most common wound types and outlines how to assess, document, and treat them. Offers step-by-step procedures illustrated with b&w and color photos, case studies of difficult scenarios, and teaching guides for nurses instructing patients and caregivers on caring for wounds. Includes information on admission, reimbursement issues, and documentation in home health and skilled nursing facilities. Brown is an enterostomal therapy nurse affiliated with St. Joseph-Baptist Hospital. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)4 Stars! from Doody