Acute Care for Nurses
Author: Boyd, Claire
ISBN: 9781119882459
RM112.28
Publisher,John Wiley
Publication Date,
Format, Paperback
Weight,
No. of Pages, 336
This helpful revision tool was developed to assist healthcare workers in the field of acute care, at a time when healthcare professionals have been under more pressure than ever before. In Acute Care for Nurses, readers will find:
- A revision of medicines management formulas, plus advanced formulas seen in a clinical setting, with chapters on sepsis and conflict resolution
- Assessment techniques and the individual components of the ABCDE assessment, covering vital signs clinical observation at a superficial level to more in-depth and clinical actions
- Higher skills, such as caring for the ventilated patient and fluid resuscitation in adults and children, and subcutaneous fluid hydration
- Critical care simulation and need-to-know medical abbreviations, plus three helpful appendices containing tool kits and charts
About the Author
Claire Boyd is Practice Development Trainer in the Learning and Research Centre at North Bristol Healthcare Trust, Bristol, UK. She develops, designs, delivers and evaluates learning programmes, and organises the transition training programme for student nurses and support of these nurses in clinical areas.
- Dimensions : 5.72 x 0.69 x 8.59 inches
