Fundamentals of Critical Care-A Textbook for Nursing and Healthcare Students (Oct 10, 2022)_(1119783259)_(Wiley-Blackwell)

Fundamentals of Critical Care 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. All content reviewed by students for students. If you would like to be one of our student reviewers, go to www.reviewnursingbooks.com to find out more. To receive automatic updates on Wiley books and journals, join our email list. Sign up today at www.wiley.com/email "The education of student nurses in critical care is becoming an increasing challenge at this time of financial pressures in the National Health Service. The shortage of critical care nurses has encouraged many Intensive Care Units (ICUs) to employ newly qualified staff, highlighting the importance of preregistration education in ensuring that these staff are equipped with the skills to care for acutely ill patients. Significant numbers of critically ill patients are being managed outside specialist critical care facilities. It is therefore essential to ensure that graduating nurses are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to assess and manage critically ill patients, regardless of their location within the health care setting. Despite this, concerns have been raised that nurses lacked the skills and knowledge to recognize and manage these situations. It was subsequently recommended that student nurses should develop skills to identify and manage acutely ill patients. Despite this, concern still remains over the ability to recognize and manage deteriorating patients in both students (Cooper et al., 2010) and registered nurses (Cooper et al., 2011). Nursing education providers need to anticipate, plan and respond to these changing needs and expectations"-- Provided by publisher