Care of the Acutely Ill Adult: An essential guide for nurses

by Fiona Creed (Editor), Christine Spiers

Aimed at all nurses, this key textbook equips them with the knowledge and skills required to care for the deteriorating patient in the clinical environment. The assessment, recognition and rapid escalation of the deteriorating patient is emphasized throughout the book. Using a unique system-based approach, each chapter contains structured learning outcomes and concludes with a competence-based skills assessment, which can be used to assess practice skills. These skills are recommended as essential for every nurse in an acute area and key to successful practice. Using real life case studies to link knowledge to actual practice and written by senior nurses for nurses, this book is an essential purchase for all nurses who work in acute care settings.

Genres: Nursing

558 pages, Paperback

First published March 25, 2010

Reviews

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a book to read cover to cover, but a fantastic learning resource to look up specific patient scenarios. I have always found physiology more difficult than anatomy to get to grips with, and many of the chapters have a unique way of describing the clinical intervention in a way that makes the physiological effect absolutely clear! I was lucky enough to attend a cardiology lecture by Christine Spiers (one of the contributors) and her skill at imparting knowledge comes across equally well in print. A must for both student and registered nurses!