Wound management for the advanced practitioner

Abstract

Contents -- List of colour plates -- Part 1: Core elements of effective wound management -- Chapter 1. The science of wound healing -- Chapter 2. Factors that inhibit wound healing -- Chapter 3. Assessment -- Chapter 4. Outcome measures -- Chapter 5. Evidence-based practice -- Chapter 6. Undertaking research -- Part 2: Wound bed preparation and management -- Chapter 7. Diagnostic investigations -- Chapter 8. Assessment and management of non-viable tissue -- Chapter 9. Infected wounds -- Chapter 10. Modern dressings and technologies -- Chapter 11. Pharmacology in wound management -- Chapter 12. Acute wounds -- Part 3: Types of wounds -- Chapter 13. Venous leg ulceration -- Chapter 14. Arterial and mixed arterial-venous ulceration -- Chapter 15. Inflammatory ulcers -- Chapter 16. Unusual wounds -- Chapter 17. Pressure injury -- Chapter 18. The high-risk factor -- Part 4: The professionalisation of wound management in Australia -- Chapter 19. Evolution of wound management in Australia -- Chapter 20. Wound management education in Australia -- Index.