Wound Care MI Visual

Elevate your wound care expertise with the comprehensive and visually rich Wound Care Made Incredibly Visual!®, 3rd Edition. This fully updated guide is designed to enhance your skills and confidence in providing effective wound care, backed by expert direction and an array of real-life, full-color images.

This colorfully illustrated text serves as your ultimate resource, guiding you through the fundamental concepts, skills, and treatments essential for achieving positive wound care outcomes. It features the latest products and procedures, ensuring you're equipped with the most current knowledge. Whether in the classroom or on the unit, the enjoyable Incredibly Visual™ approach makes learning engaging and effective, with clear explanations and plentiful images that walk you through the crucial steps of successful wound care.

Dive into the core principles of wound care with:

• NEW and updated photos and graphics that bring the latest wound care techniques and interventions to life.
• Hundreds of colorful images that simplify the complexities of wound care, including detailed photos, charts, and drawings that elucidate and reinforce key concepts in memorable ways.
• Clear, concise text that demystifies the fundamentals and latest advancements in wound care, making them accessible and understandable.
• Ideal for visual learners, with numerous images that vividly demonstrate skills and interventions, covering:
• Skin anatomy and physiology—exploring the layers of skin and their functions
• Wound healing—understanding types of healing, healing phases, and potential complications
• Wound assessment—learning to recognize signs of healing failure
• The impact of aging on wound healing
• Distinguishing between acute and chronic wounds
• Pressure injuries
• Vascular ulcers
• Diabetic foot ulcers
• Malignant wounds

This book is an essential on-the-spot reference and review for nursing students, new nurses, and other healthcare practitioners. It's also an excellent teaching aid, offering seasoned, step-by-step guidance illustrated with images that mirror everyday patient care situations.

Each chapter includes:

• A chapter content summary to orient you at the start
• Engaging Q&A sections with end-of-chapter games and quizzes that reinforce learning—featuring multiple-choice or fill-in-the-blank questions, word games, and matching images to wound care concepts
• “Nurse Joy and Jake” sections providing expert insights and encouraging advice throughout
• “Take note” features with illustrated interventions that depict real-life patient scenarios

Under the guidance of Clinical Editor Patricia Albano Slachta, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN, President of the Nursing Educational Programs and Services in Ridgeland, South Carolina, this edition promises to be an invaluable resource in your wound care journey.

ISBN 10: 1496398262

ISBN 13: 9781496398260