Description
Tait and White provide a much-needed introduction to the complex field of critical care nursing for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Covering the essential aspects of critical care nursing, students are asked to consider the biopsychosocial triggers of critical illness, and are walked through a number of different patient scenarios.
Reacting to the Francis Report and other inquiries into standards of care, Tait and White’s humanising approach to critical care places equal emphasis on the ′head, hand and heart′ knowledge; evidence, technical and ethical.
The book’s depth of clinical knowledge is built and cemented through extended case studies of critically ill patients with a variety of needs. This breadth, along with the author’s unique approach prepares students for courses and assignments in critical care, as well as preparing critical care nurses for clinical decision making and practice.
A must-have for anyone studying or working in critical care nursing.
Table of Contents
Humanising Care and Clinical Decision Making in Critical Care - Sara White and Desiree Tait
What Triggers critical Illness? - Desiree Tait and Sara White
Respiratory Failure - Sara White and Fleur Lowe
Haemodynamic Instability - Jonathan Branney and Debbie Branney
Cardiac Failure - Sara White and Fleur Lowe
Acute Kidney Injury - Desiree Tait
Gastrointestinal Disorder - Sara White and Fleur Lowe
Endocrine disorder - Sara White and Fleur Lowe
Neurological damage - Sara White and Fleur Lowe
Legal and ethical issues in Critical care - Mark Gagan and Desiree Tait
The impact of critical illness on recovery and rehabilitation - Sara White and Desiree Tait
