Burn management
Foreword / Cleon W. Goodwin
Preface / Elisabeth Greenfield
Initial assessment, management, and stabilization / Mary Gordon and Cleon W. Goodwin
Management of the burn wound / Bryan S. Jordan and David T. Harrington
Nonthermal injuries / Juanita Winfree and David J. Barillo
Infectious complications: prevention and strategies for their control / Elisabeth Greenfield and Albert T. McManus
Management of the pediatric burn patient / Joaquin Cortiella and Janet A. Marvin
Psychosocial interventions: pharmacologic and psychologic modalities / Scott T. Davis and Patricia Sheely-Adolphson
Outpatient burn management / Donna M. Mertens, Marilyn E. Jenkins, and Glenn D. Warden
Rehabilitation / Monica A. Pessina and Susan M. Ellis
Ambulatory surgery
Preface / Donna M. DeFazio-Quinn
Ambulatory surgery: an evolution / Donna M. DeFazio-Quinn
The ambulatory surgical nurse: evolution, competency, and vision / Patricia M. Brockway
Preoperative assessment and health history interview / Gwendolyn D. Williams
Patient teaching in ambulatory surgery / Karen A. Lancaster
Laparoscopic surgery / Rose Ferrar-Love
Care of the pediatric patient in ambulatory surgery / Karen A. Lancaster
Care of the special needs patient / Kim Litwack
Legal issues in ambulatory surgery / Dolly Ireland
Quality improvement in the ambulatory surgical setting / Suzan W. New and Lisa Gutierrez.