Wound care at end of life
Subtitle: a guide for hospice professionals
By: Kyna Setsor Collier, RN, BSN, CHPN, Clinical Nurse Educator, HospiScript Services, Bridget McCrate Protus, RPh, PharmD, CGP, MLIS, Director of Drug Information, HospiScript Services, Connie L. Bohn, RN, BSN, CWON, Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nurse, the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Jason M. Kimbrel, RPh, PharmD, BCPS, Vice President of Clinical Services, HospiScript Services
Contributors: Protus, Bridget McCrate, author; Bohn, Connie L., author; Kimbrel, Jason M., author
Publisher: HospiScript Services
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Montgomery, AL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
ISBN-13: 9780988955820
Subjects: Wounds and injuries; Handbooks, manuals; Treatment; Hospice care; Terminal care; Wounds and Injuries; Therapy; Hospice Care; Methods; Terminal Care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Goals of care : Establish goals in collaboration with patient, family, caregivers, facility staff, and hospice interdisciplinary team; title: Care team and patient/family education : Communicate realistic expectations; title: Environmental factors : Control or eliminate causative factors; title: Physiological factors : Provide systemic support to reduce existing and potential cofactors; title: Support surfaces : Determine appropriate support surface; title: Wound care guidance by type of wound : Maintain physiologic local wound environment; title: Product selection by wound condition : Choose dressings to address wound moisture balance; title: Debridement : Understand available options for debridement; title: Wound care products : Describe types of care products, topical medicated agents, and wound prep recipes; title: Special topics : Skin tears, deep tissue injury, calciphylaxis, and Kennedy terminal ulcers; title: Other therapies : Honey, larval therapy, negative pressure wound therapy, topical compounded gels, and compression therapy; title: Documentation : Consider legal aspects of wound care charting including photography; title: Pressure ulcer staging : NPUAP-EPUAP definitions; title: Wound care glossary : Common terms for wound care; title: Resource list : Where to turn for additional information: books, journals, websites, and mobile apps; title: Index.