Cart
Free Shipping in the UK
Proud to be B-Corp

Critical Care Placements Rachel Dodd (Queen Margaret University)

Critical Care Placements By Rachel Dodd (Queen Margaret University)

Critical Care Placements by Rachel Dodd (Queen Margaret University)


£11.59
Condition - New
Only 2 left

Summary

A pocket-sized guide to help nursing students prepare for their critical care placement.

Clinical placements can be intimidating to the unprepared. This pocket guide is designed to make critical care health placements less stressful and to help student nurses get the most out of their time in the critical care setting.

Critical Care Placements Summary

Critical Care Placements: A Pocket Guide by Rachel Dodd (Queen Margaret University)

A pocket-sized guide to help nursing students prepare for their critical care placement.

Critical care placements can be daunting youll be working in a demanding setting and caring for people when they are critically ill and at their most vulnerable. There is a large amount of new information to take in, and newly learned nursing theory to put into practice. This pocket guide is designed to make your placement a less stressful and more rewarding learning experience.

From advanced life support to urinalysis, via myocardial infarction, its full of practical detail, hints and tips.
  • Written by current nursing students and edited by a senior lecturer this guidance is really produced with you in mind.
  • Pocket-sized format carry it with you at all times.
  • Space to make your own notes be it new information, unfamiliar terminology, or just the names of your new colleagues
Reduce your stress and make the most of your placement by having this book to hand from the start.

Pocket Guides is a series of handy, pocket-sized books designed to help students make the most of their practice learning experiences.

Critical Care Placements Reviews

Very helpful.
All the information was clear and concise, this book is exactly what I was looking for. I would strongly recommend this to anyone in a critical care environment.
Amazon reviewer


Great!
Really great product for student nurses, easy to use and simple for critical care placements! Ive loved using it and would recommend highly to other nurses.
Amazon reviewer


Top quality stuff.
Got everything I needed to know and more! Great read, 10/10 would read again.
Amazon reviewer


Invaluable for students.
After reading this I can only imagine how valuable this would have been while I was studying. A must buy for anyone dealing with this topic. Would definitely recommend!.
Amazon reviewer

About Rachel Dodd (Queen Margaret University)

Ruth is a senior lecturer and currently the programme lead for the Masters in Nursing at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. It is important to her to continue to practice as a nurse while working as a nurse lecturer, so Ruth also works at the Borders General Hospital as a Paediatric Endocrine Specialist Nurse. She has a background in both paediatric and general nursing including neonatal care, neurology, diabetic care and endocrinology.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. How to use this book
2. Person-centred care

Advanced Life Support and assessments
3. Advanced Life Support
3.1 Cardiac arrest definition
3.2 Basic Life Support
3.3 Management of cardiac arrest
3.4 Correct placement of defibrillation pads
3.5 Four Hs and four Ts
3.6 Effective CPR
4. Assessments
4.1 ABCDE assessment
4.2 Trauma assessment

Common conditions in critical care
5. Shock
5.1 Types of shock
5.2 Stages of shock
6. Sepsis
6.1 Signs and symptoms of sepsis
6.2 Treatment of sepsis
7. Cardiac emergencies
7.1 Angina
7.2 Myocardial infarction (MI)
8. Stroke
8.1 Signs and symptoms of stroke
8.2 Assessment of stroke
8.3 Treatment of stroke
9. Fractures
9.1 Types of fracture
9.2 Signs and symptoms of fracture
9.3 Assessment of fracture
9.4 Treatment of fracture

Toolkit
10. SBAR handover
11. Tests
11.1 Understanding ABGs
12. GCS and pupil observations
12.1 GCS
12.2 Pupil observations
13. Urinalysis
13.1 Methods of collecting urine
13.2 Physical appearance
13.3 Urine analysis
14. ECG types, diagram and reading a rhythm strip
14.1 Why use cardiac monitoring?
14.2 3-lead ECG
14.3 5-lead ECG
14.4 12-lead ECG
14.5 Reading a rhythm strip
14.6 Worked example
15. Shockable and non-shockable rhythms
15.1 Shockable rhythms
15.2 Non-shockable rhythms
16. Pain
16.1 Assessment of pain
16.2 Managing pain
17. Common groups of medications
18. Difficult conversations
19. Top tips

Resources
20. Quick references
21. Further reading

Additional information

NPB9781908625816
9781908625816
1908625813
Critical Care Placements: A Pocket Guide by Rachel Dodd (Queen Margaret University)
New
Hardback
Lantern Publishing Ltd
2020-02-08
100
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a new book - be the first to read this copy. With untouched pages and a perfect binding, your brand new copy is ready to be opened for the first time

Customer Reviews - Critical Care Placements