A Nurse's Survival Guide to Critical Care E-Book: A Nurse's Survival Guide to Critical Care E-BookElsevier Health Sciences, 1 oct. 2009 - 484 pages This small, pocket-sized book provides a solid introduction to aspects of care and management in critical care. The book contains not only information on patient assessment, ventilation, haemodynamic monitoring, emergencies, critical care interventions, common conditions and pharmacology, all clearly relating to critical care, but also psychological, professional practice issues, palliative care and caring for relatives. It provides the factual information needed to assist nurses in providing holistic care in the critical care environment, in an accessible format.
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Table des matières
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Section 2 Patient assessment and investigations | 85 |
Section 3 Critical care interventions | 183 |
Section 4 Common conditionsreasons for admission | 267 |
Section 5 Psychological and ethical care | 349 |
Section 6 Pharmacology | 391 |
Conclusion | 423 |
References | 425 |
Further reading | 431 |
Appendix 1 Units of measurement | 433 |
Appendix 2 Normal values | 439 |
Appendix 3 Drug measurement and calculations | 443 |
Glossary | 447 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
A Nurse's Survival Guide to Critical Care Sharon L. Edwards,Mimma Sabato Aucun aperçu disponible - 2009 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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