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Care of the Acutely Ill Adult equips all nurses with the knowledge and skills to care for deteriorating patients in the clinical environment. With its unique system-based approach, this key book emphasizes systematic assessment, careful monitoring, and timely escalation, and is essential reading for all nurses working in acute care settings.
List of contents
- 1: Fiona Creed: Introduction to acute care
- 2: Daren Briscoe: Respiratory assessment and care
- 3: Chrissie Spiers: Cardiovascular assessment and care
- 4: Fiona Creed: Neurological care
- 5: Cristina Osorio: Acute Kidney Injury
- 6: Kathy Martyn: Gastrointestinal tract (name of chapter TBC)
- 7: Heather Baid: Fluid assessment and associated treatment
- 8: Kevin Barrett: Assessment and care of the septic patient
- 9: Wendy Caddye: Pain assessment and management in acute care
- 10: Fiona Creed: Systematic assessment, escalation, and outreach
- 11: Lorna East: Acute emergency situations
- 12: Emma Gardner: Transfer of acutely ill patients
- 13: Kate Kemsley: Emergency treatment and care
About the author
Fiona is an experience Nurse Educator. She qualified in 1988 at Guy's Hospital, London and has worked clinically in cardiology and critical care in London and Sussex. Fiona has 12 years' experience as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton, where she led the Acute Care Nursing BSC pathway. Fiona relocated to Oxford in 2016 and is currently working as an academic programme lead for the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where she leads development on in-house academic programmes. Fiona's areas of nursing expertise is recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient and she continues to lead on this in-house for the Masters level programme at Oxford University Hospitals.
Chrissie is a qualified nurse, lecturer, and Cardiac specialist nurse who has worked in the field of Acute and Cardiac Care for 40 years. For the last 15 years Chrissie has been a Principal Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences at the University of Brighton, specialising in the teaching of Cardiology to health care professionals. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, has co-edited three books, and has contributed chapters to over 10 textbooks in the field of Acute and Cardiac Care. She is an active member of the British Association for Nursing in Cardiac Care, where she holds the role of Junior Secretary.
Summary
Care of the Acutely Ill Adult equips all nurses with the knowledge and skills to care for deteriorating patients in the clinical environment. With its unique system-based approach, this key book emphasizes systematic assessment, careful monitoring, and timely escalation, and is essential reading for all nurses working in acute care settings.
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This book is an excellent source of readily available knowledge and practical tips required for quick decision making in acute care settings.
