Hospital Medicine in Clinical Practice: A Practical Guide to Inpatient Care, Acute Diagnosis, Ward Management, Discharge Planning, and Patient Safety
Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2026
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- Title
- Hospital Medicine in Clinical Practice: A Practical Guide to Inpatient Care, Acute Diagnosis, Ward Management, Discharge Planning, and Patient Safety
- Author
- Mercer, Liam T.; Caldwell, Isla K.; Vire, Owen R.; Linton, Aria M.; Hales, Noah S.
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798182036207
Hospital medicine is where clinical decisions must be made quickly, safely, and often with incomplete information. A patient admitted with chest pain may need reassurance—or urgent intervention. Fever may signal a simple infection, sepsis, drug reaction, or hidden complication. A discharge that seems routine can become dangerous if medications, follow-up, and patient understanding are not handled correctly.
Hospital Medicine in Clinical Practice is a practical clinical guide for medical students, residents, hospitalists, clinicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and healthcare trainees who want to understand inpatient care with more confidence and structure.
This book focuses on the real work of hospital medicine: acute diagnosis, ward management, inpatient monitoring, medication safety, clinical deterioration, patient handoffs, discharge planning, and preventing avoidable harm. It is written for readers who want more than textbook theory. It helps connect bedside assessment, diagnostic reasoning, treatment planning, daily management, communication, and patient safety into one practical approach.
Inside, readers will find clinical guidance on:
• Inpatient assessment and acute diagnostic thinking
• Common ward problems and hospital-based decision-making
• Managing acutely ill patients and recognizing deterioration early
• Medication safety, investigations, consults, and care coordination
• Patient handoffs, documentation, communication, and team-based care
• Discharge planning, transitions of care, readmission prevention, and follow-up
• Patient safety, risk reduction, and evidence-informed hospital practice
What makes this book valuable is its realistic focus. Hospital medicine is not only about knowing diseases—it is about managing uncertainty, prioritizing risks, coordinating care, preventing errors, and making decisions that protect patients from admission to discharge.
Whether you are preparing for inpatient rotations, working on medical wards, reviewing hospital-based care, or building confidence in acute diagnosis and ward management, Hospital Medicine in Clinical Practice gives you a clear foundation for safer and smarter inpatient medicine.
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