Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Nursing - Critical & Intensive care

This Edition differs substantially from the first. Ten new chapters have been added. The main additions are a new section on orthopedic trauma, and the inclusion of pediatric orthopedics throughout the text. The book is split into two parts. Part I contains the general scene-setting chapters, this section has been expanded to 10 chapters with the inclusion of nutrition and basic principles of trauma/surgical care. Part II begins with a reappraisal of the extent of orthopedic morbidity, and then subdivides to take a pathology-orientated look at the common orthopedic problems. Conditions are...

Cardiac intervention is a fast expanding field of medicine that is reducing the need for cardiac surgery. A Nurse's Guide to Caring for Cardiac Intervention Patients will enable nurses to fully prepare their patients and families for various cardiac intervention procedures.

Coverage includes:

• Explanations of what the heart condition is and how the procedure may relieve that condition
• Descriptions of what the patient can expect to happen before, during and after the procedure
• What nurses should observe for post procedure, and how to address any...

Coronary heart disease is the major cause of death in all industrialized countries. It may present to many hospital departments so a sound knowledge of managing acute cardiology is needed. This is a new edition of a widely used, key reference for health professionals who care for cardiac patients. It is practical, easy to understand, up to date and with a large resource of references for further reading. It not only encompasses modern cardiology practice, but also considers how the patient came to arrive on coronary care, and what will happen them after they leave. The combined authorship of...

Praised by nursing students for its straightforward language and readability, this interdisciplinary reference on bedside hemodynamic monitoring covers the technical aspects of clinical monitoring, including diagnostic and management principles for fluid-filled systems, intracranial hemodynamics, open-heart surgery patients, pediatric patients, and more Well illustrated chapters detail exactly how to insert and manipulate catheters safely, read monitors properly, and interpret readings accurately. Precise illustrations deliver crucial details on delicate techniques. Content on the strengths...

Expert Nursing Care Has The Potential To Greatly Reduce The Burden And Distress Of Those At Life'S End And The Ability To Offer Support For The Many Physical, Psychological, Social, And Spiritual Needs Of Patients And Their Families. This Protocol Sets Forth The Evidence-Based Guidelines For Providing Appropriate End-Of-Life Care; Including Symptom Management; Family Issues And Intervention; Withholding And Withdrawing Life Support; Communication And Conflict Resolution; And Caring For The Caregiver.

A source book for planning thanatology courses or for integrating concepts of thanatology into a nursing curriculum. Also published as Loss, grief & care, v.4, nos.1/2, 1990. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Treating the Critically Ill Patient is a practical guide to recognising and treating acutely ill patients at risk of further deterioration. It includes early warning scoring systems to identify patients at risk on the ward, identifies the key priorities for care, and equips students and newly qualified staff with the clinical skills necessary to prevent further deterioration and to provide prompt and effective care.

Each chapter follows a standard layout, and includes bullet points and illustrations making this book an accessible and practical guide to critical care. Treating the...

2007 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner

Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialists: Best Practices presents the knowledge and tools the CNS needs to provide the best standards of practice and performance. It focuses on the role of the CNS in acute and critical care, emphasizing the relationship between critical care nursing, the patient, and the environment of care. Divided into 3 main sections, the framework of the book is based on the Scope and Standards of Practice for the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Acute and Critical Care and the AACN's synergy model. This book delivers...

Individuals with chronic diseases have to cope with various challenges to their physical and psychological well being as part of their daily lives. In the field of chronic disease management nurses have an integral role in supporting the needs of the patient and identifying the optimum in high quality care. Dealing with the increasing needs of the growing chronic disease and elderly populations presents difficult challenges. Resources need to be used effectively.

Chronic Disease Nursing offers support to all nurses but particularly primary and secondary care advanced practitioners...

Review quote "An excellent handbook which covers all aspects of coronary heart disease and will serve as a very useful reference for nurses working in primary and secondary health prevention."

Pocket handbook for critical care nurses.

Although this manual assumes a prior working knowledge of congenital heart disease, its main aspiration is to provide a comprehensive, affordable guide for paediatric, neonatal and adult nurses of young people with congenital heart disease.

This practical handbook covers the whole range of factors involved in total parenteral nutrition including patient suitability, contraindications, implementation techniques, and alternatives. It also takes into account the patient's opinion, body image, and lifestyle.

A leader in neonatal critical care nursing, Terese Verklan devotes two back-to-back issues on the topic. In this first issue, readers can expect articles from top experts on global infant mortality/morbidity, the care of extremely low birth-weight infants, Hyperbilirubinemia, genetics, cardiac and respiratory care, pharmacology, and more.

This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics is Guest Edited by Sonya Hardin, PhD, RN and will focus on Aging and Critical Care. Article topics will include epidemiology of acute and critical illness in the older adult, impact of aging physiology in critical care, ethnogeriatrics perspectives in critical care, focused assessment and patient safety for the older adult in critical care, nutrition and hydration in older adults in critical care, infection and immune fuction in older adults in critical care and neurologic, psychiatric and renal issues in older adults in critical care.

In the last issue of a two-part series devoted entirely to neonatal critical care nursing (also Guest Edited by Terese Verklan), topics include Retinopathy of Prematurity, the Near-Term Infant, endocrine issues including congenital adrenal hyperplasia and ambiguous genitalia, nutrition in the 1000g neonate, safety issues and issues of informed consent in the NICU, substance abuse, pain, ethics, and grieving and removal of life support from the parent's perspective.

Level 2 (highly dependent) patients are nursed in a variety of clinical areas. High Dependency Nursing Care has been written for pre qualified and post qualified students undertaking modules and placements to prepare them for nursing the acutely ill and nurses caring for these patients. Written by a team of nurses experienced in providing, supporting and developing high dependency care, it discusses practical issues and explores the current evidence base for clinical practice.

This essential textbook covers the context of care with chapters on fundamental aspects,...

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods.

• peer reviewed publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
• dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods
• most editions available for course adoption

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title

Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award of 2009

There is little doubt that every ACNP in practice or in training will want a copy of this reference in their lab coat pocket."

--Ric Cuming, RN, MSN, EdD (c), CNOR, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
Jackson Memorial Hospital

Long overdue-This comprehensive critical care text will fill the void, especially for nurses advancing from BSN to Advanced Practice. The authors have covered all the basics and produced a text that provides a well-rounded...