ABSTRACT
This comprehensive and clinically-focused textbook is designed for student and qualified nurses concerned with caring effectively for deteriorating and acutely ill adults outside of specialist intensive care units.
Divided into six sections, the book begins with chapters on assessment and the deteriorating patient, including monitoring vital signs and interpreting blood results. This is followed by two sections focusing on breathing and cardiovascular problems respectively. Section 4 explores issues around disability and impairment, including chapters on neurology, pain management, psychological needs and thermoregulation. The penultimate section looks at maintaining the internal environment, with chapters on issues such as nutrition, fluid management and infection control. The text ends with a discussion of legal issues and accountability.
Nursing Acutely Ill Adults includes a full range of pedagogical features, including sections: identifying fundamental knowledge; highlighting implications for practice; giving further reading and resources; using case scenarios to help readers relate theory to practice; and providing ‘time out’ exercises. It is the ideal textbook for students taking modules in caring for critically ill adults and qualified nurses working with these patients.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |42 pages
Assessment
chapter |8 pages
The deteriorating patient
chapter |17 pages
Vital signs
chapter |15 pages
Interpreting blood results
part |63 pages
Breathing
chapter |10 pages
Respiratory failure
chapter |10 pages
Oxygen therapy
chapter |11 pages
Airway management
chapter |8 pages
Intrapleural chest drainage
chapter |11 pages
Blood gas interpretation
chapter |11 pages
Non-invasive ventilation
part |72 pages
Cardiovascular
chapter |8 pages
Perfusion
chapter |10 pages
Heart failure
chapter |6 pages
Acute coronary syndromes and recovery from acute heart failure
chapter |9 pages
Shock
chapter |22 pages
Interpreting cardiac rhythms
chapter |7 pages
Haemoglobinopathies
chapter |8 pages
Vascular access
part |52 pages
Disability
chapter |11 pages
Neurological deficits
chapter |8 pages
Psychological needs
chapter |6 pages
Thermoregulation
chapter |12 pages
Acute pain management
chapter |7 pages
End-of-life care
chapter |6 pages
Tissue donation
part |59 pages
Environment (internal)
chapter |7 pages
Fluid balance
chapter |7 pages
Acute kidney injury
chapter |10 pages
Fluid management
chapter |9 pages
Gut function and failure
chapter |8 pages
Pancreatitis and diabetic emergencies
chapter |8 pages
Nutrition
chapter |8 pages
Infection control
part |9 pages
Professional contexts