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Nursing Medical Emergency Patients

by Philip Jevon
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Overview

Nursing Medical Emergency Patients is a practical guide to the nursing care and management of patients with medical emergencies involving system failure. Following an initial chapter on assessment, the authors adopt a system-by-system approach, with an emphasis on the clinical features of medical emergencies, their assessment, diagnosis and treatment.

Nursing Medical Emergency Patients is a vital resource for all nurses working with medical emergency patients, and provides an essential companion to both Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient and Treating the Critically Ill Patient.

  • Accessible and reader friendly
  • Integrates theory with practice
  • Adopts an evidence based approach
  • Includes chapter objectives, 'best practice' boxes and case studies
  • Refers to National guidelines and key initiatives e.g. outreach teams
  • Includes legal and ethical issues

About the Author, Philip Jevon

Philip Jevon is Resuscitation Officer/Clinical Skills Lead and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Manor Hospital Walsall.

Melanie Humphreys is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton.

Beverley Ewens is Staff Development Nurse, Critical Care Unit, Joondalup Health Campus, Western Australia.

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Book Details

Published
June 11, 2010
Publisher
Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Pages
336
ISBN
9781444327281

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