This book develops your ability to manage the care of critically and acutely ill patients, and to recognise and deal with the early signs of deterioration. Taking a practical, real-life approach to care, each chapter focuses on a patient with a particular issue - from chest pain to sepsis. Youll consider the primary symptoms before working through the knowledge and skills needed to care for that patient. The book focuses on developing clinical assessment and decision-making skills, leaving you confident and competent in caring for patients who are unstable, deteriorating or critically ill.
Key features
* Each chapter is mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards
* Packed with engaging real-life practice examples and activities.
* Includes new coverage of Sickle Cell, chronic pain, bias and major trauma across the age spectrum.
* Provides robust evidence-based tools and frameworks to use in practice, such as ABCDE assessments.
Desi Tait is senior lecturer and Year leader for BSc Nursing in the Faculty for Health and Social Care at Bournemouth University. Desi has over 30 years experience in the practice, theory and education of adult acute and critical care nursing and facilitates critical care education at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. She has a particular interest in the use of blended learning strategies in critical care undergraduate education and is involved in developing and evaluating innovative ways to facilitate student learning by adopting a practice based approach to education. Desi completed her doctorate in the study of nurses experience of recognizing and managing clinical deterioration in patients in hospital in 2009 and this continues to be an area of clinical interest. Catherine Williams is the programme Director for undergraduate nursing at the College of Human and Health Sciences, and has over 14 years experience in the practice, theory and education of postgraduate and undergraduate level. David Barton is now retired and was formerly Associate Professor and Academic Lead in the Department of Nursing, School of Human & Health Science, Swansea University. David qualified as an RGN at Kings College Hospital and then specialised in critical care nursing. He worked in Intensive Care in both Carmarthen and Swansea before becoming a Nurse Lecturer at the University of Wales Swansea in 1989. Davids academic and scholarly interests have focused particularly on advanced clinical nursing and he has worked to develop nursing networks in Wales and the UK. He is the Chair of the Association of Advanced Nursing Practice Educators (AANPE), and is actively involved with the Modernising Careers agenda at a strategic level both in Wales and nationally. He has also published widely in journals and textbooks. Recently David has taken the lead in managing the Department of Nursing at Swansea University, promoting the educational and research agenda students at pre and post registration level, and from undergraduate to doctoral level. Throughout his career as a lecturer he has maintained his clinical practice, working regularly in Intensive Care.
Chapter 1: Assessing, recognising, and responding to acute and critical illness - Desiree Tait and Mark Gagan Chapter 2: The breathless person - Desiree Tait Chapter 3: The person who needs respiratory support - Desiree Tait and Helen Aldridge Chapter 4: The person with chest pain - David Barton and Desiree Tait Chapter 5: The person in pain - Catherine Norris Chapter 6: The person in shock - Desiree Tait and Helen Aldridge Chapter 7: The person with sepsis and septic shock - Desiree Tait and Helen Aldridge Chapter 8: The person with delirium - Desiree Tait and Helen Aldridge Chapter 9: The person with acute kidney injury - Desiree Tait Chapter 10: The person with physiological trauma - Catherine Norris Chapter 11: The person with altered consciousness - Desiree Tait Chapter 12: The person with an endocrine disorder - Desiree Tait Chapter 13: Conclusion: lessons learned - an action plan for practice - Desiree Tait
