Oxford Handbook of Critical Care Nursing by Sheila K Adam

Oxford Handbook of Critical Care Nursing by Sheila K Adam

The Oxford Handbook of Critical Care Nursing has been written as a handy reference guide for nurses who are new to the critical care area, as well as a reminder for those with more experience. Each section provides an overview of individual problems, and the related physiology and level of knowledge required to deal with them. The book sets the context for nursing within a continuum of critical care starting from early recognition of acute deterioration and the need for critical care outreach, through to patient outcomes and their follow-up, and evaluation of care post-discharge. Nursing specific skills are highlighted with a holistic approach to patients and their families. Reflecting best practice, this book provides the essence of what is important to the delivery of highly skilled and caring critical care nursing, in an easy to access and readable format. Providing the nurse at the bedside with the answers to many day-to-day problems experienced when caring for critically ill patients, this is also a guide to some of the less commonly encountered issues, such as planning for major incidents and epidemics.

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Sue Osborne is a general nurse training at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. BA (life sciences) specialising in physiology and genetics. She spent several years working on medical and surgical wards before embarking on a long and exciting career in adult intensive care. Sue spent seventeen years as Sister (ITU) at St. George's Hospital, London, and has undertaken numerous post-registration certificated courses (including infection control, teaching, management). She is infection control link nurse for the general critical care area (formal teaching, research, auditing), and has had wide experience in all aspects of general intensive care combined with in-depth theoretical knowledge. She is also co-author of Critical Care Nursing: Science and Practice.

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ISBN 13	9780199215904
ISBN 10	0199215901
Title	Oxford Handbook of Critical Care Nursing
Author	Sheila K Adam
Series	Oxford Handbooks In Nursing
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2009-08-21
Number of pages	592
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