FUNDAMENTALS OF CRITICAL CARE. A TEXTBOOK FOR NURSING AND HEALTHCARE STUDENTS

1. The critical care unit
2. Organisational influences
3. Legal and ethical issues
4. Professional issues in critical care
5. Using an evidence-based approach
6. Nursing care
7. Skin integrity
8. Shock
9. Communication
10. Electronic health records
11. Pharmacology
12. Anaesthesia/sedation
13. Medicines management and drug calculations
14. Neurological
15. Cognition
16. Respiratory care: intubation and mechanical ventilation
17. Lung function in critical care
18. Cardiac physiology
19. Cardiovascular
20. Fluid and electrolytes in critically ill patients
21. Emergencies/recognising and responding to CPR
22. The gastrointestinal system
23. Nutrition in critical care
24. Renal and renal function
25. Endocrine in critical care
26. Haematological issues and the immune system
27. Musculoskeletal considerations in critical care
28. Burn care within a critical care setting
29. Maternal health
30. Critical care transfers
31. Rehabilitation after critical illness
32. Dying and death
Index

A Textbook for Nursing and Healthcare Students
In Fundamentals of Critical Care, a team of clinicians and health educators deliver an accessible, timely, and evidence-based introduction to the role of nurses and healthcare practitioners in critical care. The book explores fundamental concepts in critical care and their implications for practice. Each chapter outlines essential knowledge necessary to understand key concepts and includes high quality, full-colour artwork to enhance learning and recall.
Readers are also provided with clinical scenarios, practice questions, and red and orange flags to indicate physiological and psychological alerts respectively. Covering a range of common and specialised disease processes and treatments requiring critical care, the book provides:
• A thorough introduction to the critical care unit, including philosophies of care, ways of working, humanisation, and outreach
• Comprehensive exploration of organisational influences, including political, local, national, and international influences
• Practical discussion of legal, ethical, and professional issues, as well as evidence-based approaches to critical care
• In-depth examination of nursing care assessment tools, nursing communication, cognition, pharmacology, and more
Perfect for nursing students and trainee nursing associates, Fundamentals of Critical Care: A Textbook for Nursing and Healthcare Students will also earn a place in the libraries of healthcare students in physiotherapy, paramedicine, medicine, and those returning to practice.
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