Care of the Acutely Ill Adult: An Essential Guide for Nurses

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-956438-5
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 907 g

Aimed at all nurses, this key textbook equips them with the knowledge and skills required to care for the deteriorating patient in the clinical environment. The assessment, recognition and rapid escalation of the deteriorating patient is emphasized throughout the book. Using a unique system-based approach, each chapter contains structured learning outcomes and concludes with a competence-based skills assessment, which can be used to assess practice skills. These
skills are recommended as essential for every nurse in an acute area and key to successful practice.

Using real life case studies to link knowledge to actual practice and written by senior nurses for nurses, this book is an essential purchase for all nurses who work in acute care settings.

Zielgruppe

This book is aimed at nurses who work in acute and high-dependency areas, as well as more general nurses who are increasingly dealing with the critically or acutely ill patient.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Creed, Fiona

Spiers, Christine

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Anästhesiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Intensivmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Fachpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Fiona Creed: Introduction to acute care
2: Annie Chellel: Respiratory assessment and care
3: Chrissie Spiers: Cardiovascular assessment and care
4: Fiona Creed: Neurological Care
5: Cristina Osorio: Renal assessment and support
6: Kathy Martyn: Gastro intestinal tract
7: Heather Baid: Fluid assessment and associated treatment
8: Kevin Barrett: Assessment and care of the septic patient
9: Heather Baid: Psycho-social assessment, care and support
10: Gary Creed: Blood investigations in acute care
11: Fiona Creed, Jackie Dawson & Kaye Looker: Assessment tools and track and trigger systems
12: Fiona Creed with contributions from the Eastbourne district general hospital outreach service: The role of outreach
13: Lorna East: Acute emergency situations
14: Denise Hinge: Transfer of acutely ill patients
15: Fiona Creed: Caring for the patient post intensive care
16: Chrissie Spiers: Documentation in acute care
17: Helen Stanley: Continuing education and acute care delivery

Über Autor(innen)

Fiona Creed, RN, BSc, MSc, trained at Guys Hospital London and has 15 years nursing experience in general and neurosurgical critical care settings. Fiona is currently Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton where she runs the Care of the Acutely Ill Adult module and is Lead Lecturer for the Acute Care Pathway. Fiona is currently undertaking postgraduate research focusing on clinical decision-making in acutely ill patients.

Chrissie Spiers, RN, RNT, BSc (Hons), PGDip (Health Promotion), MSc (Cardiology), trained at King's College Hospital in London and has 30 years experience in cardiology and cardiac surgery settings. Chrissie has been a lecturer for more than 15 years and remains passionate about teaching cardiology to a variety of health care professionals. She is Course Leader for the BSc (Hons) Acute Clinical Practice and Lead Lecturer for the Cardiology pathway within this degree. Chrissie maintains regular
contact with cardiac wards at NHS Trusts in Surrey and Sussex. She publishes regularly and is a journal reviewer for a number of peer reviewed journals.