Now in its second edition, the Wound Care Certification Study Guide is fully updated with the latest clinical practices and regulatory and reimbursement information. Drs. Shah, Sheffield, and Fife, considered experts in the field of wound care, have collaborated to create the best possible study resource for these important examinations.

Written by expert clinicians, Core Curriculum Wound Management, 2nd Edition is one of the few nursing texts to offer the basic pathology, physiology and current clinical skills required for high-level wound care. This is essential content for those seeking WOC certification, including nursing students in wound care programs; nurses involved in wound care; nurses in gastroenterology, urology, and surgical nursing; graduate nursing students and nursing faculty.

CWCA Exam Secrets helps you ace the Certified Wound Care Associate Exam, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive CWCA Exam Secrets study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. CWCA Exam Secrets includes: The 5 Secret Keys to CWCA Exam Success: Time is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid Fact Traps, Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; A comprehensive Content review including: Physical Assessment, Epidermis and Dermis, Wound Microenvironment, Hemostasis, Wound Bioburden, Skin Substitutes, Total Contact Casts, Light Reflective Rheography, Management of Burn Injuries, Kennedy Terminal Ulcer, Methods to Measure Edema, Patient Preparation, Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool, Principles of Sterility, Material Safety Data Sheets, Method to Remove a Dressing, Treatment, Compression Therapy, Unna's Boot, Autolytic Debridement, Larval Debridement Therapy, Contamination, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy, Skin Grafts, Therapeutic Shoe, Patient/Caregiver Education, Proper Positioning of the Patient, Skin-care Tips, Management Strategy, Patient's Quality of Life, Disfiguring Wounds, and much more...

Rev. ed. of: Acute and chronic wounds / [edited by] Ruth A. Bryant, Denise P. Nix. 3rd ed. c2007.

Written by renowned wound care experts Sharon Baranoski and Elizabeth Ayello, in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of experts, this handbook covers all aspects of wound assessment, treatment, and care.

***Includes Practice Test Questions*** WCC Exam Secrets helps you ace the Wound Care Certification Examination, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive WCC Exam Secrets study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. WCC Exam Secrets includes: The 5 Secret Keys to WCC Exam Success: Time is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid Fact Traps, Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; The Top Keys to Taking the Examination: Test Taking Tips, Things Not to Forget, Warnings to Remember; A simple Pharmacology Overview, A comprehensive Medical review including: Nervous System, Signs and Symptoms, Major Hormones, Respiratory System, Cardiac Review, Breathing Sounds, Maternal Responses, Psychological Processes, Blood and Urine Values, Developmental Milestones, Organ Functions, Burn and Wound Care; A comprehensive Wound Care Definitions Review, A comprehensive Wound Evaluations review including: Arterial Tests, Venous Tests, Arterial Ulcers, Venous Ulcers, Pressure Ulcers, Diabetic Ulcers, Wound Cleansing, Wound Irrigation, Ideal Wound Dressing, Absorbency of Wound Dressings, Debridement Techniques, Key Points to Review, Wound Staging for Pressure Ulcers, and much more...

Ostomy Management, First Edition, is one of three volumes in the Series that follows the Curriculum Blueprint designed by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN). It is the ideal reference for anyone seeking certification as an ostomy or continence nurse, as well as anyone who manages patients needing fecal and urinary diversions, or ostomy management.