This volume in the new Core Curriculum series from WOCN® covers Wound Management, and is the crucial text for nurses practicing or studying wound care. It offers pathology and physiology basics in easy-to-grasp terms, while providing expert guidance on patient management. The perfect study guide for the wound, ostomy and continence (WOC) certification exams, it also provides step-by-step direction on essential nursing procedures.\ \The evidence-based, easy-to-follow format of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society™ Core Curriculum: Wound Management facilitates your comprehension of: \o Skin anatomy and physiology\o Physiology of wound healing\o Principles of wound assessment and management\o Nutritional assessment and support.\\Step-by-step instruction leads you through care planning and delivery, including oncology-related skin and wound care, and palliative care.\o End-of-chapter Q&As help you remember all vital points\o Clinical pearls highlight important takeaways\o Numerous full-color photos, diagrams, and tables aid understanding of vital topics.\\Practical directions cover:\o Wound cleansing and dressing selection\o Skin and soft tissue injury caused by mechanical factors\o Pressure ulcer prevention\o Venous, arterial, and neuropathic wounds\o Wounds due to lower-extremity arterial disease and neuropathic disease\o Surgical wounds\o Management of patients with percutaneous tubes; fistula management\o Skin and wound care for neonatal, pediatric, geriatric, and bariatric populations, and the spinal cord-injured patient.\\Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society™ Core Curriculum: Wound Management is essential for nursing students in wound care programs; nurses involved in wound care; nurses in gastroenterology, urology, and surgical nursing; graduate nursing students; those seeking WOC certification or recertification; and nursing faculty.

Tribute -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- General Concepts -- Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin -- Wound Healing -- Assessment of the Patient with a Wound -- General Principles of Wound Management: Goal Setting and Systemic Support -- Patient and Caregiver Education: Significance and Guidelines -- Nutritional Assessment and Support in Relation to Wound Healing -- General Principles of Topical Therapy -- Wound Cleansing and Dressing Selection -- Principles and Guidelines for Wound Debridement -- Assessment and Management of Wound-Related Infections -- Refractory Wounds: Assessment and Management -- Skin and Wound Care for Neonatal and Pediatric Populations -- Skin and Wound Care for the Geriatric Population -- Skin and Wound Care for the Bariatric Population -- Skin and Wound Care for the Spinal Cord-Injured Patient -- Specific Wounds -- General Concepts Related to Skin and Soft Tissue Injury Caused by Mechanical Factors -- "Top-Down" Injuries: Prevention and Management of Moisture-Associated Skin Damage (MASD), Medical Adhesive- Related Skin Injury (MARSI) and Skin Tears -- Bottom-Up (Pressure Shear) Injuries -- Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Specific Measures and Agency-Wide Strategies -- Therapeutic Surfaces for Bed and Chair -- Venous Insufficiency, Venous Ulcers, and Lymphedema -- Assessment and Management of Patients with Wounds due to Lower-Extremity Arterial Disease (LEAD) -- Atypical Lower Extremity Wounds -- Foot and Nail Care -- Wounds Caused by Infectious Processes -- Wounds Caused by Dermatologic Conditions -- Oncology-Related Skin and Wound Care -- Thermal Wounds: Burn and Frostbite Injuries -- Traumatic Wounds: Assessment and Management -- Management of Surgical Wounds -- Palliative Wound Care -- Fistula Management -- Nursing Management of the Patient with Percutaneous Tubes -- Glossary -- Index.