Nursing Medical Emergency Patients

Philip Jevon author Beverley Ewens author Melanie Humphreys author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:24th Oct '08

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Nursing Medical Emergency Patients cover

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

ISBN: 9781405120555

Dimensions: 187mm x 123mm x 18mm

Weight: 399g

336 pages