Caring for the seriously ill patient / edited by Mike Macintosh, Tracey Moore.
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TextPublication details: London : Hodder Arnold, 2011Edition: 2nd editionDescription: 232 p. : col. illISBN: 9780429252938 (ebook)Subject(s): Intensive care nursing | Health and Wellbeing | Intensive care nursing | Midwifery | Critical care surgery | Medical study & revision guides & reference material | Accident & emergency medicine | Nursing & ancillary services | NursingGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780340967577Summary: Many nurses now have to cope with critically ill patients without the specialist knowledge of ICU training. Here are the key issues, with emphasis on clinical knowledge and skills. Each bodily system is explored and the text is illustrated. As more critically ill patients are cared for on acute general wards rather than in ICUs, many nurses are having to cope with the particular problems of very sick patients without the specialist knowledge of an ICU trained nurse. This book considers the key issues surrounding the critical patient's care in the acute general hospital. The anatomy and physiology of each body system is explored, looking at the major associated conditions and illnesses and how the patient is assessed and monitored.
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Previous ed.: London: Arnold, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Many nurses now have to cope with critically ill patients without the specialist knowledge of ICU training. Here are the key issues, with emphasis on clinical knowledge and skills. Each bodily system is explored and the text is illustrated. As more critically ill patients are cared for on acute general wards rather than in ICUs, many nurses are having to cope with the particular problems of very sick patients without the specialist knowledge of an ICU trained nurse. This book considers the key issues surrounding the critical patient's care in the acute general hospital. The anatomy and physiology of each body system is explored, looking at the major associated conditions and illnesses and how the patient is assessed and monitored.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780340967577
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