Clinical Guide Skin Wound Care

Clinical Guide Skin & Wound Care - 300+ products. Essential skin care wound prevention techniques. Nutrition guidelines & documentation regulations. Includes flowcharts. Built-in calculators.

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Author: Cathy Thomas Hess, RN, BSN, CWOCN
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN-13: 978-1609136796

FULL DESCRIPTION:
Accelerate your skin and wound care with this compact and sensibly organized guide which is vital for providing optimal care. This latest update with additional features, enhanced functionality, and ongoing updates.

Clinical Guide Skin & Wound Care help both clinicians and institutions deliver wound care thats appropriate for patient needs and cost-effective for the institution.

Key Features
- Important new content on documentation regulations
- Covers the fundamentals of skin and wound care, including assessment, treatment, prevention, nutrition, and documentation
- New topics on lymphedema featuring best practices
- Checklist Topics
- Profiles of 300 plus products in alphabetical organization
- Essential skin care and wound prevention techniques, including nutrition guidelines
- Each wound care product profile describes the product in detail, including the products form, available sizes and actions, indications and contraindications, and application and removal instructions
- Includes product classification billing codes - the Health-care Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)
- Includes 3 calculators and 9 interactive flowcharts which assist in making informed decisions
- New advice on the skin care products you use most, including cleansers, moisture barriers, antifungal and antimicrobial treatments, therapeutic moisturizers, liquid skin protectants, and others

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