Critical Care Placements: A Pocket Guide for Student Nurses
Language: English
Published by Lantern Publishing Ltd, 2020
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- Title
- Critical Care Placements: A Pocket Guide for Student Nurses
- Author
- Rachel Parkinson
- Publisher
- Lantern Publishing Ltd
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1908625813
- ISBN 13
- 9781908625816
- Item weight
- 82 grams
Critical care placements can be daunting – you'll 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, it's 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!
Contents
Introduction1. 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
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About the Author
Ruth is a senior lecturer and currently the programme lead for the Master’s 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.
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