Pressure Ulcers

Name: Pressure Ulcers
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ISBN: 9780443055324

ISBN-10: 0443055327

ISBN-13: 9780443055324

Edition: 1997

Authors: jenny Phillips

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Description:

A Volume in the Access to Clinical Education Series. A Volume in the Access to Clinical Education Series

Book details

List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 10/13/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 177
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements


About the series


Introduction


Learning outcomes


Text



Influencing factors



The size of the problem



Causes of pressure sores



Prevention of pressure sores



Treatment and management of pressure sores



Specific issues



A case history



The future


Reader



Prevalence of pressure damage in hospital patients in the UK




Nutrition and wound healing




Maintaining nutritional support in the community




Pressure-relieving/reducing mattresses




Positioning for comfort and pressure relief




John's story




Development of the link-nurse role in clinical settings




Relieving the pressure: your guide to pressure sores



Healing: a patient's perspective




The prevention of pressure sores after hospital discharge




Pressure sore success




The use of an airwave mattress for pressure relief




A barrier to continuity of care: effects of the drug tariff on wound care in the community




Care management in the community: a case study




Implementing nursing research in a critical care setting




The nurse formulary and benefits in practice




Practice themes: pressure sore audit



Assessments


Level 2 assessment


Level 3 assessment


Index