Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Professional practice for wound ostomy and continence nursing
  • 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 for wound prevention and healing : teaching strategies for learning
  • Nutritional strategies for wound management
  • 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
  • General concepts related to skin and soft tissue injury caused by mechanical (external) factors
  • Prevention and management of moisture-associated skin damage (masd), medical adhesive-related skin injury (marsi), and skin tears
  • Incontinence-associated dermatitis
  • Pressure and shear injuries
  • Pressure injury prevention : implementing and maintaining a successful plan and program
  • Therapeutic surfaces for bed and chair
  • Differential assessment of lower extremity wounds
  • Lower extremity venous disease, venous leg ulcers, and lymphedema
  • Assessment and management of patients with wounds due to lower extremity arterial disease (lead)
  • Lower extremity neuropathic disease
  • 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 wound
  • Palliative wound care
  • Fistula management
  • Nursing management of the patient with percutaneous tubes.