CHAPTER 39 Percutaneous tube management Ruth A. Bryant Objectives 1. Identify two primary reasons for using percutaneous tubes. 2. Distinguish among the placement approaches for gastrostomy and jejunostomy, including indications…
CHAPTER 38 Management of draining wounds and fistulas Ruth A. Bryant, Bonnie Sue Rolstad Objectives 1. Identify medical conditions associated with fistula formation. 2. List three complications that contribute to…
CHAPTER 14 Neuropathic wounds: the diabetic wound Vickie R. Driver, Jonathan M. LeBretton, Mary Anne Landowski, J.L. Madsen Objectives 1. Describe three types of neuropathy that may occur in the…
CHAPTER 15 Foot and nail care Sheila Howes-Trammel, Ruth A. Bryant, Denise P. Nix Objectives 1. Correlate medical conditions with potential foot problems. 2. Describe the structure and function of…
CHAPTER 25 Wound pain: impact and assessment Diane L. Krasner Objectives 1. Describe the different types of pain experienced by the patient with a wound. 2. Describe the physiologic effect…
CHAPTER 19 Skin substitutes and extracellular matrix scaffolds Susie Seaman Objectives 1. Differentiate between cellular and acellular products for chronic wound care. 2. Define autologous, allogeneic, xenographic, biosynthetic, and synthetic…
CHAPTER 36 Skin care needs of the pediatric and neonatal patient Objectives 1. Define the terms infancy, neonate, premature, and micropreemie. 2. Identify skin, risk, and pain assessment tools designed…
CHAPTER 9 Support surfaces Denise P. Nix, Dianne M. Mackey Objectives 1. List three limitations to the reliance of capillary closing values for support surface evaluation. 2. List four factors…
CHAPTER 21 Negative pressure wound therapy Debra S. Netsch Objectives 1. Compare and contrast two different types of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). 2. Discuss three mechanisms for the effects…
CHAPTER 20 Molecular and cellular regulators Gregory Schultz Objectives 1. Describe the importance of adhesion and the migration of leukocytes in inflammation. 2. Distinguish between growth factors and cytokines. 3….
