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Title Care of the acutely ill adult : an essential guide for nurses / edited by Fiona Creed and Christine Spiers
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description xvi, 558 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Introduction to acute care / Fiona Creed -- Respiratory assessment and care / Annie Chellel -- Cardiovascular assessment and care / Chrissie Spiers -- Neurological care / Fiona Creed -- Renal assessment and support / Cristina Osorio -- Gastrointestinal tract / Kathy Martyn -- Fluid assessment and associated treatment / Heather Baid -- Assessment and care of the septic patient / Kevin Barrett -- Psycho-social assessment, care, and support / Heather Baid -- Blood investigations in acute care / Gary Creed -- Assessment tools and track-and-trigger systems / Fiona Creed, Jackie Dawson, and Kaye Looker -- The role of outreach / Fiona Creed, with contributions from the Eastbourne District General Hospital Outreach Service -- Acute emergency situations / Lorna East -- Transfer of acutely ill patients / Denise Hinge -- Caring for the patient post intensive care / Fiona Creed -- Documentation in acute care / Chrissie Spiers -- Continuing education and acute care delivery / Helen Stanley
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Intensive care nursing.
Acute Disease -- nursing.
Adult.
Critical Illness.
Nursing Assessment -- methods.
Author Creed, Fiona.
Spiers, Chrissie.
LC no. 2009053050
ISBN 9780199564385
0199564388