Philip Jevon, Melanie Humphreys, Beverley Ewens

Nursing Medical Emergency Patients

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Nursing Medical Emergency Patients is a practical guide to the nursing care and management of patients with medical emergencies involving system failure. Following an initial chapter on assessment, the authors adopt a system-by-system approach, with an emphasis on the clinical features of medical emergencies, their assessment, diagnosis and treatment. Nursing Medical Emergency Patients is a vital resource for all nurses working with medical emergency patients, and provides an essential companion to both Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient and Treating the Critically Ill Patient. * Accessible and reader friendly * Integrates theory with practice * Adopts an evidence based approach * Includes chapter objectives, 'best practice' boxes and case studies * Refers to National guidelines and key initiatives e.g. outreach teams * Includes legal and ethical issues

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 183mm x 122mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781405120555
• ISBN-10: 140512055X
• Artikelnr.: 23598883

Autorenporträt

Philip Jevon is Resuscitation Officer/Clinical Skills Lead and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Manor Hospital Walsall. Melanie Humphreys is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton. Beverley Ewens is Staff Development Nurse, Critical Care Unit, Joondalup Health Campus, Western Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors.
Foreword.
Acknowledgements.
Chapter 1 Overview of the treatment of medical emergencies (Philip Jevon).
Chapter 2 Respiratory emergencies (Kate Deacon).
Chapter 3 Cardiac emergencies (Melanie Humphreys).
Chapter 4 Cardiovascular emergencies (Melanie Humphreys).
Chapter 5 Shock (Beverley Ewens).
Chapter 6 Neurological emergencies (Anthony Batson and Christine Thompson
).
Chapter 7 Acute renal failure (Sue Talbot).
Chapter 8 Gastrointestinal emergencies (Beverley Ewens).
Chapter 9 Endocrine emergencies (Philip Jevon).
Chapter 10 Poisoning (James Bethel).
Chapter 11 Critical care outreach service (Kate Deacon).
Chapter 12 Ethical and legal issues (Fiona Foxall).
Index.