Description
This textbook is written by nurses who are experienced in providing high dependency care to patients. It covers the context of care, the causes of critical illness, and the skills necessary for monitoring and caring for these patients. It is comprehensive and user-friendly, and is written in a clear and concise manner. The book is based on clinical scenarios that provide stimulating discussion and revision topics.
Level 2 (highly dependent) patients are nursed in a variety of clinical areas.
High Dependency Nursing Care has been written for pre qualified and post qualified students undertaking modules and placements to prepare them for nursing the acutely ill and nurses caring for these patients. Written by a team of nurses experienced in providing, supporting and developing high dependency care, it discusses practical issues and explores the current evidence base for clinical practice. This essential textbook covers the context of care with chapters on fundamental aspects, such as sleep, nutrition, pain management and stress. It goes on to look at the main causes of critical illness and the treatments often given, as well as the skills necessary for monitoring patients. Completed updated throughout, this second edition also includes new chapters on infection control, heart failure, tissue removal and transferring the sicker patient.
High Dependency Nursing Care is: Comprehensive: it covers all the key areas of knowledge needed User-friendly: it includes learning outcomes, introductions, time out exercises, implications for practice, useful websites and up-to-date references Clearly written: by a team of experienced nurses Practically based: clinical scenarios provide stimulating discussion and revision topics
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