Care of the acutely ill adult : an essential guide for nurses / edited by Fiona Creed and Chrissie Spiers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Creed, Fiona, editor.

Spiers, Chrissie, editor.

Oxford University Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intensive care nursing.

Acute Disease--nursing.

Nursing Assessment--methods.

Critical Illness.

Adult.

Medical Subjects:

Acute Disease--nursing.

Nursing Assessment--methods.

Critical Illness.

Adult.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

polychrome

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : New York Oxford University Press, [2020]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover

Care of the acutely ill adult an essential guide for nurses

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Glossary of terms and abbreviations

Contributors

1. Acute care and failure to rescue: Setting the scene

2. Respiratory assessment and care

3. Cardiovascular assessment and care

4. Neurological care

5. Acute kidney injury

6. The care of patients with gastrointestinal disease and nutritional support for the acutely ill patient

7. Fluid assessment and associated treatment

8. Assessment and care of the patient with sepsis

9. Pain assessment and management in acute care

10. Systematic assessment, early warning scores, and patient escalation

11. Acute emergency situations

12. Transfer of acutely ill patients

13. Planning for emergency care and treatment when recovery is uncertain

Appendix: Clinical link answers

Index

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from resource web page (Oxford Medicine Online , viewed on November 17, 2020)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Creed, Fiona Care of the Acutely Ill Adult

ISBN:

9780192527073

019252707X

9780191843020

0191843024

Publisher Number:

99986265134

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.