Acute & chronic wounds: nursing management

1. Anatomy and Physiology of Skin and Soft Tissue / Annette B. Wysocki

2. Wound-Healing Physiology / Joann Waldrop and Dorothy Doughty

3. Nutritional Assessment and Support / Nancy A. Stotts

4. Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation: Their Pivotal Roles in Wound Healing / Diane M. Cooper

5. Principles of Wound Management / Bonnie Sue Rolstad, Liza G. Ovington and Ann Harris

App. 5.1. Wound Care Product Formulary / Bonnie Sue Rolstad, Liza G. Ovington and Ann Harris

6. Skin Pathology and Types of Skin Damage / Ruth A. Bryant

7. Wound Debridement / Janet Ramundo and Judy Wells

App. 7.1. WOCN Position Statement: Conservative Sharp Wound Debridement

8. Wound Infection: Diagnosis and Management / Nancy A. Stotts

9. Acute Surgical and Traumatic Wound Healing / Judith M. West and Michael L. Gimbel

10. Massive Tissue Loss: Burns / Ruth Wilson

11. Mechanical Forces: Pressure, Shear, and Friction / Barbara Pieper

12. Lower-Extremity Ulcers of Vascular Etiology / Dorothy B. Doughty, Joann Waldrop and Janet Ramundo

13. Vascular and Neuropathic Wounds: The Diabetic Wound / Laurel A. Wiersema-Bryant and Bruce A. Kraemer

14. Management of Drain Sites and Fistulas / Bonnie Sue Rolstad and Ruth A. Bryant

15. Management of Gastrointestinal Feeding Tubes / Ruth A. Bryant

16. Oncology-Related Skin Damage / Margaret T. Goldberg and Peggy Mcgynn-Byer

17. Managing Wound Pain / Diane Krasner

18. Surgical Approaches to Wound Closure / Donald J. Morris

19. Molecular Regulation of Wound Healing / Greg Schultz

20. Adjuvant Wound Therapies / Craig L. Broussard, Susan Mendez-Eastman and Rita Frantz

21. Principles for Practice Development / Ruth Bryant

22. Home Environment: Implications for Wound Care Practice Development / Kristy Wright and Laurie Lovejoy McNichol

23. Practice Development in Acute and Long-Term Care Settings / Monica Beshara, Gayle Jameson and Barbara Barr

24. Team Approach to a Wound Care Program / Nancy Tomaselli and Mark S. Granick

App. A. Self-Assessment Answers

App. B. Risk Assessment Scales

App. D. Wound Patient's Bill of Rights.