Wound Care

The information below is taken from the Wound Care Tutorial on the Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses, Tenth Edition: Resource Kit. The Resource Kit is available in the book-with-CD version of Davis's Drug Guide or as a stand-alone CD.

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Principles of Wound Care
The tutorial discusses five principles, such as to provide a moist environment and select an appropriate dressing

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Types of Wounds
Nine types of wounds, including arterial wounds, are described in the tutorial, with full-color photos to accompany each example

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Types of Wound Dressings
Hydrogels are one of over a dozen types of wound dressings detailed in the tutorial


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Pressure Ulcer Stages and Treatment  (.pdf file)
 – an excerpt from the "Wound Care Clinical Sheets" available on the Resource Kit CD.

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Wound care quiz: Click here to test your knowledge of wound care with questions from the "Test Your Knowledge" section of the Wound Care Tutorial.