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Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing provides practitioners working in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma settings with the essential evidence, guidance and knowledge required to underpin effective practice. This comprehensive and contemporary textbook explores the variety of adult and paediatric clinical settings where orthopaedic and trauma practitioners work, including acute wards, clinics, community hospitals, nursing homes and patients' homes.Divided into 5 sections, this book looks at: key issues in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma care; specialist practice issues; common orthopaedic conditions and their care and management; musculoskeletal trauma care; and care of children and young people. Suitable for students at degree level as well as those clinicians practicing in more advanced orthopaedic and trauma care roles, Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing is a foremost authority on orthopaedic and musculoskeletal practice for both students and practitioners.Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing:* Is strongly supported by the latest evidence, with chapters summarizing evidence, with reference to relevant and seminal research* Offers practical guidance based on the relevant evidence* Focuses on the perspective of the patient with patient narrative and case studies throughout* Includes a section specifically dealing with children and young people
List of contents
ContributorsForewordPrefaceSection 1: Key issues in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma nursing1 An introduction to orthopaedic and trauma careJulie Santy-Tomlinson and Sonya Clarke2 The knowledge and evidence base for practiceMark Limb and Peter Davis3 Professional development, competence and educationMary Drozd and Sinead Hassey4 The musculoskeletal system and human movementLynne Newton-Triggs and Jean Rogers5 The team approach and nursing roles in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma careBrain Lucas and Sandra Flynn6 Rehabilitation and the orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma patientRebecca JesterSection 2: Specialist and Advanced Practice7 Clinical Assessment of the orthopaedic and trauma patientRebecca Jester8 Key musculoskeletal interventionsLynne Newton-Triggs, Hannah Pugh, Jean Rogers and Anna Timms9 The complications of musculoskeletal conditions and traumaJulie Santy-Tomlinson, Sonya Clarke and Peter Davis10 Nutrition and hydrationRosemary Masterson11 Pain assessment and management in orthopaedic and trauma careCarolyn Mackintosh-Franklin12 Wound management, tissue viability and infectionJeannie Donnelley, Alison Collins and Julie Santy-TomlinsonSection 3: Common orthopaedic conditions and their care andmanagement13 Key conditions and principles of orthopaedic managementElaine Wylie and Sonya Clarke14 Elective orthopaedic surgeryBrian Lucas, Mary Drozd, Sandra Flynn and Vanessa Blair15 Musculoskeletal Oncology over the lifespanHelen StradlingSection 4: Musculoskeletal trauma care16 Principles of trauma careFiona Heaney and Julie Santy-Tomlinson17 Principles of fracture managementSonya Clarke, Julie Santy-Tomlinson, Sinead MacDonald and Pamela Moore18 Fractures in the older personKaren Hertz and Julie Santy-Tomlinson19 Spinal Cord InjuryDonna Poole and Pauline Robertson20 Soft tissue injury, peripheral nerve and brachial plexus injuryBeverley WellingtonSection 5: Children and young people21 Key issues in caring for the child and young person with an orthopaedic or musculoskeletal trauma conditionSonya Clarke and Lorna Liggett22 Common childhood orthopaedic conditions, their care and managementJulia Judd23 Fracture management in the infant, child and young personElizabeth Wright24 Key fractures relating to infant child and young personThelma Begley and Sonya Clarke
Summary
Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing provides practitioners working in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma settings with the essential evidence, guidance and knowledge required to underpin effective practice. This comprehensive and contemporary textbook explores the variety of adult and paediatric clinical settings where orthopaedic and trauma practitioners work, including acute wards, clinics, community hospitals, nursing homes and patients' homes.
Divided into 5 sections, this book looks at: key issues in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma care; specialist practice issues; common orthopaedic conditions and their care and management; musculoskeletal trauma care; and care of children and young people. Suitable for students at degree level as well as those clinicians practicing in more advanced orthopaedic and trauma care roles, Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing is a foremost authority on orthopaedic and musculoskeletal practice for both students and practitioners.
Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing:
* Is strongly supported by the latest evidence, with chapters summarizing evidence, with reference to relevant and seminal research
* Offers practical guidance based on the relevant evidence
* Focuses on the perspective of the patient with patient narrative and case studies throughout
* Includes a section specifically dealing with children and young people
