Product Guide Skin & Wound Care

Overview

The Product Guide Skin & Wound Care is an essential resource designed to accelerate your skin and wound care capabilities. This compact and sensibly organized guide is crucial for providing optimal care and is based on the 7th edition, offering updated content and enhanced functionality. The guide is perfect for clinicians and institutions aiming to deliver wound care that meets patient needs while being cost-effective.

Key Features

• Documentation Regulations: Important new content covering the latest documentation regulations.
• Fundamentals: Comprehensive coverage of skin and wound care, including assessment, treatment, prevention, nutrition, and documentation.
• Lymphedema Best Practices: New topics on lymphedema featuring best practices.
• Product Profiles: Detailed profiles of over 300 products, organized alphabetically.
• Nutrition Guidelines: Essential skin care and wound prevention techniques, including nutrition guidelines.
• Detailed Product Information: Each wound care product profile includes detailed descriptions, product form, sizes, actions, indications, contraindications, and application/removal instructions.
• Billing Codes: Includes product classification billing codes - the Health-care Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS).
• Calculators and Flowcharts: Three calculators and nine interactive flowcharts assist in making informed decisions.

Special Features

• Quick Navigation: Locate diseases, symptoms, or medications quickly using multiple indices, history, and favorites.
• Voice Notes and Annotations: Mark topics with voice notes or annotations (scribble, doodle, or text) to ensure important information is always accessible.
• Last Topic and History: Tap and hold the launch icon to open the last topic, history, or favorites.
• Bookmarks: Save key topics for quick reference.

Content Availability

The free version of the app allows you to view approximately 10% of the content. Tapping on a locked topic will prompt you to purchase the full version within the app.

Author and Publisher

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

Conclusion

This guide is an indispensable tool for anyone involved in skin and wound care. It provides comprehensive information, practical tools, and user-friendly features to enhance your clinical practice. Download the free version today to explore the essential content, and consider purchasing the full version for access to the complete library of resources.