A Nurse's Survival Guide to the Ward
Author : Ann Richards (Senior lecturer)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 48,93 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Hospital wards
ISBN :
Author : Ann Richards (Senior lecturer)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 48,93 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Hospital wards
ISBN :
Author : Ann Richards
Publisher :
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 32,58 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780443053955
This is a handy pocket guide provides nurses with quick reference to key information and a wide variety of topics. Coverage includes organization; cultural, legal, and safety issues; emergency situations; assessment; principles and procedures; notes on disorders by system, and more.
Author : Ann Richards
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 46,79 MB
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0702051713
The new edition of this highly popular book is an indispensable guide to daily procedures and problems for nurses starting work on the ward or returning to practice. It provides guidance in a variety of areas including: how to organise your job and yourself; how to assess patients; clinical information on a wide range of conditions; important principles, procedures and investigations; how to administer drugs safely; and what to do in an emergency. As well as information on how to do the job, the importance of communication and nursing care issues is emphasised. Background information is also given on underlying legal, health and safety issues. This book will help you with Organising your job and yourself Assessing patients Getting clinical information on a wide range of conditions Important principles, procedures and investigations Administering drugs safely What to do in an emergency Communication, legal health and safety issues A new section on professional practice relates current issues to nursing practice Updated drug section provides essential understanding of common drug classes New resuscitation guidelines
Author : Richard N. Harrison
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0702076678
Are you a nurse, a physician’s associate or a medical student in an acute or emergency unit? This is your indispensable primer of acute medical care – a pocket guide to caring for patients with acute medical conditions. This book will help you to care for patients in the first critical 24 hours of admission manage patients using the most up-to-date evidence based approach understand the most common emergency medical conditions and their underlying disease mechanisms handle the patient’s assessment , understand the observations and manage their disease easily obtain clear practical advice know what to tell the patient and relatives using jargon-free language access information on SARS, avian influenza and bio-terrorism This updated edition contains improved sections on stroke care, diabetes and sepsis, introduces the NEWS 2 observation chart has revised its case histories in line with current practice This updated edition: contains improved sections on stroke care, diabetes and sepsis, introduces the NEWS 2 observation chart has revised its case histories in line with current practice improved sections on stroke care, diabetes and sepsis, introduction of the NEWS 2 observation chart revised case histories in line with current practice
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 30,39 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Nurse administrators
ISBN : 9781870065122
Author : Ann Richards
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 22,10 MB
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0702078328
Further to the success of the previous editions, A Nurse's Survival Guide to the Ward continues to be the indispensable guide to all the procedures and problems faced by nurses and healthcare professionals every day. Whether you are a clinical practicing student or a qualified nurse, this book is the perfect straightforward reference for every doubt you might have about emergency situations, as well as assessments, clinical procedures and much more. What will you find in this updated edition: Completely updated and revised content written by well-known authors with extensive experience in the field; Up-to-date legal issues, health and safety, professional practice issues and ethics in nursing; Expansions of areas such as oxygen administration, fluid and electrolyte balance and nutrition Completely updated and revised content written by well-known authors with extensive experience in the field; Up-to-date legal issues, health and safety, professional practice issues and ethics in nursing; Expansions of areas such as oxygen administration, fluid and electrolyte balance and nutrition
Author : Linda Skidmore-Roth
Publisher : Springhouse Publishing Company
Page : pages
File Size : 42,31 MB
Release : 1988-03-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780874341300
Author : Ann Richards
Publisher : Nurse's Survival Guide
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 25,28 MB
Release : 2020-03-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780702076589
Author : Brenda Goodner
Publisher : Skidmore-Roth Pub
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 32,97 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780944132753
Author : John Fowler
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 15,68 MB
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1856425010
This handy second edition uses the same easy to read question and answer format as the first, containing over 80 questions and answers from 19 different specialists. It is divided into five chapters and covers topics such as:- Dealing with complaints, Mental health, Clinical supervision, Dealing with aggression and bereavement, Central venous pressure monitoring, Mentoring a student