This new edition of Woodrow's Intensive Care Nursing will be warmly welcomed. Especially written for qualified nurses working in intensive care nursing units, this comprehensive text has been developed to be as accessible as possible. Including new chapters on planning for pandemics and transferring patients, it has been revised throughout to ensure the evidence-base is completely up-to-date and the content reflects contemporary best practice. Intensive Care Nursing is structured in user-friendly sections. Each chapter contains 'fundamental kwledge' needed to understand the chapter, an introduction, 'implications for practice', a chapter summary, completely updated further reading, 'time out' sections for revision and a clinical scenario with questions included. Reviewed throughout by experienced practitioners and teachers, it covers: * patient-focused issues of bedside nursing * the technical kwledge necessary to care safely for ICU patients * the more common and specialized disease processes and treatments encountered * how nurses can use their kwledge and skills to develop their own and others' practice. Written by a practice development nurse with a strong clinical background in intensive care nursing and experience of teaching nursing, Intensive Care Nursing is essential reading for nurses and health professionals working with high dependency patients, particularly those undertaking further training in the area.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-10
0415584523
ISBN-13
9780415584524
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108628800
Product Key Features
Author
Philip Woodrow
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Medical Nursing & Ancillary Services
Dimensions
Weight
1158g
Height
246mm
Width
174mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Spine
28mm
Content Note
58 Black & White Illustrations, 28 Black & White Tables
Author Biography
Philip Woodrow is the Practice Development Nurse for Critical Care in East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, UK. He teaches a number of critical care courses, and maintains clinical practice across the Trust's three intensive care units. Contributor: Jane Roe is the author of the clinical scenarios and associated clinical questions in the book. She is a Lecturer Practitioner in Intensive Care at St George's Hospital, Kingston University and St George's University of London, UK.