The Skin and Healing

Book Title: Wound Care Nursing

Chapter 2: The Skin and Healing 

Overview:

• Outlines the structure, function and effects of ageing on the skin
• Includes a diagrammatic representation of wound staging and modes of healing
• Discusses the three phases of healing and the principles of wound management
• Refers to factors that impair healing including intrinsic and extrinsic factors

Description:
The skin is a large, complex organ that is exposed to injury, infection, and other disease processes. Many factors affect the health of the skin- including age, nutrition, hygiene, circulation, immunity, genetic traits, psychological states, and drugs. All of these factors affect wound healing. This chapter considers the anatomy and physiology of the skin, and how these factors affect the normal process of wound healing.

Topics:

• Normal skin
  • Structure of skin
  • Functions of skin
  • Effects of ageing
• Wounds
  • Definition
  • Classification of wounds
  • Acute and chronic wounds
• Healing
  • Modes of healing
  • Process of wound healing
  • Principles of wound management
  • Moist wound healing
  • Factors that impair healing

Speaker / Author:
Carolina Weller
is a registered nurse and midwife who holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in education. She has worked in wound-care nursing for several years with interests in clinical practice, education, and research. Carolina coordinated the graduate certificate and graduate diploma of wound care at Monash University (Victoria, Australia). She is senior lecturer and coordinator of nursing studies at La Trobe University (Melbourne, Australia).

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