Intensive Care Nursing: A Framework for Practice
- ISBN-10
- 0415184568
- ISBN-13
- 9780415184564
- Series
- Intensive Care Nursing
- Category
- Catastrophic illness
- Pages
- 576
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Authors
- Philip Woodrow, Jane Roe
Description
Intensive care is a rapidly developing areas of healthcare. This introductory textbook is written specifically for qualified nurses who are working in intensive care units and also for those undertaking post-registration courses in the speciality. It is structured in four parts: "Fundamentals of Care" explores patient-focused issues of bedside nursing; "Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient" describes the technical knowledge necessary to care safely for ICU patients;"Pathophysiology and Treatments" illustrates the more common and specialized disease processes and treatments encountered; and "Advanced Nursing Practice" looks at how nurses can use their knowledge and skills to develop their own and others' practice. This accessible text: covers all the key areas of knowledge needed; includes fundamental knowledge sections, introductions, chapter summaries, a glossary of key terms, extensive and up-to-date references and a comprehensive index; and is clearly written by an experienced university lecturer with a strong clinical background of working in intensive care nursing.
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