MEDICAL ASSESSMENT UNITS: THE INITIAL MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE MEDICAL PATIENTS; ED. BY IAN WOOD

Increasing demands on acute hospital resources, together with a reduction in the number of available beds, has placed a greater emphasis on the need for rapid and effective assessment of patients in order to determine their need for hospital admission. This has led to the widespread emergence of the specialist Medical Assessment Unit (MAU). This timely book provides an up-to-date guide to the assessment and immediate management of patients with acute medical conditions. It presents a structured approach based on common presenting features and focuses on the first 24 hours of the patient's stay in the hospital. In writing this book, the authors have been able to draw on their own clinical experiences as a charge nurse in accident and emergency nursing and a sister in acute cardiology, respectively.

Increasing demands on acute hospital resources, together with a reduction in the number of available beds, has placed a greater emphasis on the need for rapid and effective assessment of patients in order to determine their need for hospital adsmission. This has led to the widespread emergence of the specialist Medical Assessment Unit (MAU). This timely book provides an up- to-date guide to the assessment and immediate management of patients with acute medical conditions. It presents a structured approach based on common presenting features and focuses on the first twenty four hours of the patient's stay in hospital. In writing this book, the editors have been able to draw on their own clinical experiences as a charge nurse in Accident and Emergency nursing and a sister in acute cardiology and respectively.

"Medical Assessment Units: The Initial Management of Acute Medical Patients is written predominantly by nurses for nurses, and provides the practitioner with a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide. It is intended for nurses working in Medical Assessment Units, but will be a valuable source of information to nurses in any clinical area accommodating acute medical patients."--Jacket Increasing demands on acute hospital resources, together with a reduction in the number of available beds, has placed an emphasis on the need for effective assessment of patients in order to determine their need for hospital admission. This has led to the emergence of the specialist Medical Assessment Unit (MAU). This book deals with this topic. Increasing demands on acute hospital resources, together with a reduction in the number of available beds have placed greater emphasis on the need for rapid and effective assessment of patients in order to determine their need for hospital admission. This has led to the widespread emergence of the specialist Medical Assessment Unit (MAS). The last 20 years have seen a consistent rise in the number of acute medical admissions to hospitals in the UK.