Reconstructive Plastic Surgical Nursing

Reconstructive Plastic Surgical Nursing is a practical manual for all nurses involved in plastic surgical care. Plastic or reconstructive surgery serves to restore form and function following trauma (accidents, injuries and burns), congenital defects, or illness (cancer and neoplasms, pressure sores, and degenerative illness). Nursing these patients requires specialist training in complex clinical management and specialist wound care. This book is a unique definitive and comprehensive text for nurses providing a practical, highly illustrated guide to plastic surgical care. Definitive, comprehensive text on plastic surgical care A unique, practical handbook Provides evidence-based guidelines for all aspects of patient care Explores reconstructive plastic surgical care from head to toe Illustrated in full colour throughout

Reconstructive Plastic Surgical Nursing is a practicalmanual for all nurses involved in plastic surgical care. Plastic orreconstructive surgery serves to restore form and functionfollowing trauma (accidents, injuries and burns), congenitaldefects, or illness (cancer and neoplasms, pressure sores, anddegenerative illness).Nursing these patients requires specialist training in complexclinical management and specialist wound care. This book is aunique definitive and comprehensive text for nurses providing apractical, highly illustrated guide to plastic surgical care.* * Definitive, comprehensive text on plastic surgical care* A unique, practical handbook* Provides evidence-based guidelines for all aspects of patientcare* Explores reconstructive plastic surgical care from head totoe* Illustrated in full colour throughout

Foreword.Preface.Applying this book to clinical practice.Abbreviations used in this book.Section I Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Nursing Practice:Foundation and Practice Framework.Chapter 1 Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Nursing Practice.Chapter 2 A Clinical Practice Framework for ModernReconstructive Plastic Surgical Nursing.Chapter 3 Body Image Issues and Reconstructive PlasticSurgery.Section II Wound Management - Reconstructive PlasticSurgical Nursing.Chapter 4 4.1. Primary Clinical Management Definitions.4.2. Introduction to Wound Management within ReconstructivePlastic Surgery Nursing Practice.Chapter 5 The Functional Anatomy of the Skin and itsAppendages.Chapter 6 6.1. Physiology of the Ageing of the Skin.6.2. Skin Lesions - Overview.Chapter 7 Wound Bed Repair (WBR).Chapter 8 8.1. Principal Clinical Issues in the Causes of WoundBreakdown and the Failure of Wounds to Repair.8.2. Applied Nutritional Issues in Wound Bed Repair.Chapter 9 Wound Bed Assessment (WBA).Chapter 10 10.1. Wound Bed Preparation (WBP)Principles.10.2. Wound Dressings and Bandage Management - Principles.Chapter 11 Pain Associated with Wounds and Dresssing Changes Principles of Patient Care.Chapter 12 Wound Bed Maintenance (WBM) - Splinting - Suture LineManagement- Wound Scar Management- Skin Maintenance and MassageTherapy.Chapter 13 Palliative Wound Bed Management -- (PWBMMalignant).Palliative Wound Bed Management--(PWBM-NonMalignant).Chapter 14 14.1. Principles of Nursing Discharge Management andAmbulatory Care Following Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.14.2. Wound Management in the Home and Community HealthcareFacility Following Reconstructive Surgery.Section III Peri-Operative Theatre/Room ManagementGeneral Principles of Care.Chapter 15 Peri-Operative Operating Theatre (OT) / Room (OR)Patient Management - the Essentials.Chapter 16 Peri-Operative Paediatric Care in ReconstructivePlastic Surgical Nursing - the Principles.Section IV Applied Reconstructive Plastic Surgical Nursing1.Chapter 17 Skin Grafts.Chapter 18 Microsurgery.Chapter 19 Reconstructive Skin and Soft Tissue Flaps.Chapter 20 The Hand.Chapter 21 Replant Surgery.Chapter 22 Tissue Expansion.Section V Applied Reconstructive Plastic Surgical Nursing 2.Chapter 23 Craniofacial Reconstruction.Chapter 24 Ear Reconstruction.Chapter 25 Camouflage Prostheses - Anaplastology.Osseointegration As a Reconstructive Process.Chapter 26 Urogenital Reconstruction (Hypospadias).Section VI Applied Reconstructive Plastic Surgical Nursing3.Chapter 27 Breast Surgery: Augmentation Mammoplasty - ReductionMammoplasty -Mastopexy - Subcutaneous Mastectomy (Female)Gynecomastia (Male) - Breast Reconstruction Post-Mastectomy.Chapter 28 Body Contouring: Abdominoplasty - Thigh LiftLiposuction.Chapter 29 Aesthetic/Reconstructive Surgery of the Face.Chapter 30 Nasal Surgery: RhinoplastySepto-Rhinoplasty.Post Traumatic Reconstruction.Post Tumour Excision Reconstruction.Index