Clinical Guide to Wound Care [Spiral-bound]

Cathy Thomas Hess (Author), Hess (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1582551693 | ISBN-13: 978-1582551692 | Publication Date: January 15, 2002 | Edition: 4th

The is the new Fourth Edition of the only all in one portable guide to wound care, healing strategies, and wound care products. Illustrated profiles of more than 250 products: trade name, product category, forms, action, indications, contra-indications, application, and removal are included as well as treatment guidelines and algorithms for selecting and using the most appropriate product for any wound.Expanded coverage of pressure, vascular, and diabetic ulcers; wound healing fundamentals; importance of nutrition; documentation, legal issues, reimbursement guidelines, evidenced-based standards of practice, outcome management, and much more. The book now includes payment codes, patient teaching tips, and also CME/CE credits

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 496 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 4th edition (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582551693
• ISBN-13: 978-1582551692
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,317,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wound Care, A Clinical Guide, May 6, 2000

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This review is from: Wound Care (Spiral-bound)

This book is an excellent nursing resource for wound care. The opening provides a quick review of wounds and the healing process. It then moves on to proper wound assessment techniques, staging, and measurement. A section is dedicated to describing product types used for the prevention of decubitis ulcers. What I found most helpful in the nursing field was the wound care product descriptions. The book gives a general overview of product types and catagories then procedes to list specific brand name products. Each product is pictured for easier identification. The sizes of each product are listed along with the action, indications, contra-indications, and application/removal methods. This is excellent for product comparison as well as referral. I would suggest this for any nurse interested in wound care. It would also be a great reference book for nursing units that treat various wounds.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too Much About Products, October 13, 2001

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Jane Riley (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wound Care (Spiral-bound)

The sparse information in WOUND CARE about caring for wounds and preventing them is superb, but the manual is primarily a catalogue of products. The type of material provided in WOUND CARE can be found in the detail sheets packed with wound care products. I found the book a disappointment.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a list of wound care products, not a text on doing woundcare, March 15, 1999

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This review is from: Wound Care (Nurse's Clinical Guide) (Spiral-bound)

if you're looking for a comprehensive listing of wound care products (dressings, gels, etc.) then this book is a good resource. my only complaint is that it is misleadingly titled. only a brief, introductory section of the book actually discusses wound care, and it does it in such a short space that it is useless to the beginner (because it lacks detail and specificity) and useless to the experienced clinician (because it lacks in-depth analysis and meaningful references). it certainly does list just about every single wound product you can mention, though. it should have been titled "the wound care product PDR"