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Elsevier Pressure Injuries Among Critical Care Patients An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America 1st Edition by Alderden, Jenny G.
Together with Consulting Editor, Dr. Cynthia Bautista, Dr. Jenny G. Alderden has put together a current clinical look at the prevention and management of pressure injuries for the critical care nurse. Top authors have submitted clinical reviews that provide comprehensive coverage of this highly important topic. Specific articles are devoted to the following areas: Risk Factors for Pressure Injury Development among Critical Care Patients; Best Practice in Pressure Injury Prevention; Best Practice in Pressure Injury Treatment; Pressure Injury Risk in the NICU Population; Medical Device Related Pressure Injuries; Unstageable Pressure Injuries: Identification, Treatment, and Outcomes among Critical Care Patients; Deep Tissue Pressure Injuries: Identification, Treatment, and Outcomes among Critical Care Patients; Stage of the Science: Stage 1 Pressure Injuries among Critical Care Patients; The Role of Nutrition in Pressure Injury Prevention and Healing; and Heel Pressure Injury. Readers will come away with the information they need to improve outcomes in their critical care patients.