Nursing the Acutely Ill Adult: Priorities in Assessment and Management - Softcover

Clarke, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1137465514 ISBN 13: 9781137465511

Publisher: Palgrave, 2016

Synopsis

Nurses in all areas of clinical practice must be able to recognise, assess and manage changes to a patient's condition. With a strong focus on pathophysiology, the comprehensive new edition of this essential textbook retains the case study approach that made the first edition so popular with students and educators alike. Offering further reading resources and definitions of key terms to aid learning it develops nurses' key skills such as identifying and explaining the pathophysiology of sepsis; recognising and managing hypovolaemic shock; assessment and management of cardiovascular, neurological and traumatic injury; and understanding priorities in initial stroke assessment and management, including nursing care following administration of a thrombolytic drug.

Written by contributors from a range of clinical and academic backgrounds, Nursing the Acutely Ill Adult is essential reading for all students within the adult branch of nursing, a comprehensive book guide to understanding the common signs and symptoms related to serious acute illness in adults.

About this title

Review:

This book will be extremely useful for undergraduate nursing students of all years, as well as practising clinicians. I will recommend it to my own students. Kate Harrison, Head of Placement and Student Support, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
I have found the first edition of this text invaluable for my teaching around critical and perioperative care. The new chapters in this second edition, and the additions to current chapters, enhance the text significantly and make for even wider reader appeal. Paul Rawling, Senior Lecturer in Operating Department Practice, Edge Hill University, UK
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From the Back Cover:

Nurses in all areas of clinical practice must be able to recognise, assess and manage changes to a patient's condition. Recent years have seen a number of investigations reporting serious concerns about the standard of care being received in hospital settings and, as a consequence, the knowledge and skills of nurses in acute patient care has come under ever-increasing scrutiny.

With a strong focus on pathophysiology, this comprehensive new edition of Nursing the Acutely Ill Adult retains the case study approach that made the first edition so popular with students and educators alike. Offering further reading resources and definitions of key terms to aid learning, and including two brand-new chapters, this second edition will develop nurses' key skills in:

· Identifying and explaining the pathophysiology of sepsis, as well as the importance of monitoring for indicators of patient deterioration in sepsis
· Recognising and managing hypovolaemic shock
· Assessment and management of cardiovascular, neurological and traumatic injury
· Understanding priorities in initial stroke assessment and management, including nursing care following administration of a thrombolytic drug
· Possible interventions for problems related to diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and renal disease

Written by contributors from a range of clinical and academic backgrounds, this second edition of Nursing the Acutely Ill Adult is essential reading for all students within the adult branch of nursing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1137465514
• ISBN 13: 9781137465511
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400