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.