Emergency Nursing Care - Principles and Practice

Klappentext This comprehensive textbook is aimed at both the qualified or trainee nurse in accident and emergency care. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive textbook is aimed at both the qualified or trainee nurse who has specialised! or is thinking of specialising! in accident and emergency care. The authors and editors are all experienced nurses and nurse-educators who aim to provide easy to read! and easy to find information about procedures! conditions and nursing skills. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors; Preface; 1. The nature of emergency nursing Ruth Endacott; 2. Care of the emergency patient - frameworks for nursing assessment and management Gary Jones; 3. Emergency care of the child and adolescent Suzanne Knight and Robert Crouch; 4. Emergency care of the adult Ruth Endacott; 5. Emergency care of the older person Robert Crouch; 6. Mental health Elizabeth Whelan; 7. Major trauma management Maureen O'Reilly; 8. Emergency care of the person with minor injury and minor illness Gary Jones; 9. Major disasters and major incidents Mike Hayward; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Gary Endacott Jones
• Assisted by: Robert Crouch (Editor), Ruth Endacott (Editor), Endacott Ruth (Editor), Gary Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2002
• EAN: 9780521702546
• ISBN: 978-0-521-70254-6
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Nursing, MEDICAL / Nursing / General