Nursing the Highly Dependent Child or Infant (eBook, PDF)

A Manual of Care
Redaktion: Dixon, Michaela; Murphy, Jan; Teasdale, Debra; Crawford, Doreen

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Nursing the Highly Dependent Infant or Child is an accessible and clinical guide to the caring for the acutely ill child. It provides guidance on the specific nursing skills required to care for children and infants who require a 'step up' level of care from those on the general paediatric ward or a 'step down' level of care on discharge from neonatal or paediatric critical care facilities. The book follows a general systems approach, covering themes such as respiratory care, renal care and cardiac care as well as covering specialities such as neuro-trauma, burns and transportation of the acutely ill infant or child. Other areas explored include pain and sedation, monitoring and meeting the nutritional needs of the highly dependent child. Each chapter provides an overview of relevant anatomy and physiology, guidance on assessment and monitoring, and outlines effective nursing care and management guidance of common conditions encountered in acute children's care.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444309546
• Artikelnr.: 38306786

Autorenporträt

Kristy Dixon graduated with a degree in English from the University of Utah. She started writing stories when she was seven and has been writing ever since. In the beginning she tried writing historical fiction, but soon found that to be boring. She started writing The Silver Eclipse at the urging of her children and found fantasy writing to be more fun. She has nine children and six chickens. If she isn't writing or playing board games with her kids, she is probably eating cookies or wishing that she were eating cookies. You can contact Kristy at [e-mail] and find her website at kristydixonbooks.com.

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors.
1 Introduction to paediatric high dependency care (Colin M. Way and Doreen
Crawford).
2 Physiological monitoring (Debra Teasdale).
3 Respiratory (Caroline Haines).
4 Cardiac (Sandra Batcheler and Michaela Dixon).
5 Caring for a highly dependent child with fluid, electrolyte and
nutritional requirements (Jill Cochrane, Doreen Crawford, Michaela Dixon
and Janet Murphy).
6 The child with acute neurological dysfunction (Michaela Dixon and Janet
Murphy).
7 Care of a child with a hepatic or metabolic disease (Graham Gordon,
Doreen Crawford, Debra Teasdale and Michaela Dixon).
8 Renal (Kathryn Summers and Debra Teasdale).
9 Children who need management of pain and sedation (Doreen Crawford and
Sarah Roberts).
10 Care of the child with a burn injury (Jane Leaver and Clare Thomas).
11 Infection and infection control (Katie Anderson, Felix Hay and Doreen
Crawford).
12 Care of the child with haematological and oncological conditions (Karen
Selwood, Michelle Wright and Doreen Crawford).
13 Play for the infant and child in the high dependency unit (Tina Clegg).
14 Transportation of the acutely ill child (Michaela Dixon, Marian Perrott
and Gill West).
15 Ongoing care and management (Janet Murphy, Doreen Crawford and Michaela
Dixon).
Appendix 1.
Appendix 2.
Appendix 3.
References, further reading and resources.
Useful websites.
Index.