Acute Care for Nurses - Student Survival Skills
Acute Care for Nurses - Student Survival Skills
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Published:
16 February, 2023
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Description
A practical handbook to boost your confidence with assessment techniques and key clinical skills when administering effective acute care
This helpful revision tool was developed to assist healthcare workers in the field of acute care, at a time when healthcare professionals have been under more pressure than ever before. In Acute Care for Nurses, readers will find:
- A revision of medicines management formulas, plus advanced formulas seen in a clinical setting, with chapters on sepsis and conflict resolution
- Assessment techniques and the individual components of the ABCDE assessment, covering vital signs, clinical observation at superficial and more in-depth levels, and clinical actions
- Higher skills, such as caring for the ventilated patient and fluid resuscitation in adults and children, and subcutaneous fluid hydration
- Critical care simulation and need-to-know medical abbreviations, plus three helpful appendices containing tool kits and charts
Acute Care for Nurses is a must-have resource for nursing students, including nursing associates, registered nurses and midwives, assistant practitioners and senior healthcare assistants, return to practice nurses, overseas nurses and anyone else requiring acute clinical skills and assessment techniques.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781119882459 |
| ISBN10 | 1119882451 |
| Number Of Pages | 336 |
| Item Weight | 454 g |
| Product Dimensions | 145 x 218 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
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Author's Bio
Claire Boyd is Practice Development Trainer in the Learning and Research Centre at North Bristol Healthcare Trust, Bristol, UK. She develops, designs, delivers and evaluates learning programmes, and organises the transition training programme for student nurses and support of these nurses in clinical areas.