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Recent NICE guidance and restructuring of the way acute services are provided mean that nurses outside the traditional critical care environment are increasingly being called upon to recognize, assess, and treat the acutely ill patient. This book will equip nurses in more general wards with the knowledge and skills to care appropriately for the deteriorating patient in the clinical environment. It follows a systems-based approach, with each chapter incorporating learning outcomes, anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, nursing management, and competence-based skills assessment. Case studies facilitate the linking of knowledge to practice. Other issues covered include an exploration of why there is a need to develop acute care, the role of outreach, acute emergency situations, transfer of the acutely ill patient, caring for the post ITU patient, documentation in acute care, and continuing education and acute care delivery. The 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN-139780199564385
eBay Product ID (ePID)92396870
Product Key Features
Number of Pages576 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCare of the Acutely Ill Adult: an Essential Guide for Nurses
Publication Year2010
SubjectMedicine, Nursing
TypeTextbook
AuthorFiona Creed, Christine Spiers
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height245 mm
Item Weight968 g
Additional Product Features
EditorChristine Spiers, Fiona Creed
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom