Tish MyersFast Facts for Wound Care Nursing, Second Edition
Practical Wound Management
Trisha Myers, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC is a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner at Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America.
Foreword by Shawn Fagan, MD, FACS
Preface
Acknowledgements
SECTION I DEFINING THE SPECTRUM OF WOUNDS
Chapter 1. Attacking the Basics: What Fuels a Wound
Chapter 2. The Phases of Wound Healing and Types of Wound Closure
Chapter 3. Acute Wounds
Chapter 4. Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds
Chapter 5. Pressure Injuries
Chapter 6. Atypical, Complex Wounds
SECTION II ASSESSMENT, MEASUREMENT, AND DOCUMENTATION
Chapter 7. Assessing Wounds
Chapter 8. Documenting and Photographing Wounds
SECTION III WOUND CARE TREATMENT AND PROTOCOLS
Chapter 9. Selecting the Correct Dressings
Chapter 10. Biologic Agents and Skin Substitutes
Chapter 11. Wound Debridement
Chapter 12. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Chapter 13. Caring for Ostomies and Fistulas
Chapter 14. The Promotion of Skin Integrity
Chapter 15. Selecting Optimal Support Surfaces and Patient Positioning
SECTION IV LEGAL ASPECTS AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 16. Qualifications and Certifications for Wound Care
Chapter 17. Facility Accreditation
Chapter 18. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Healthcare’s Common
Procedural Coding System
