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Author Richards, Ann (Senior lecturer)

Title A nurse's survival guide to the ward / Ann Richards, Sharon Edwards
Published Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2003

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 WATERFT HEALTH  610.733 Ric/Nsg  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents Sect. 1. Your job and its organization. 1.1. Organizing yourself. 1.2. Emergency situations -- Sect. 2. Assessing and investigating. 2.1. Identification of patient problems. 2.2. Assessment. 2.3. Observations and measurements. 2.4. Procedures and investigations. 2.5. Nursing care issues -- Sect. 3. Procedures. 3.1. General principles and procedures. 3.2. Infection and its control. 3.3. Fluid and electrolyte balance. 3.4. Nutritional support -- Sect. 4. A systems approach. 4.1. The cardiovascular system. 4.2. The respiratory system. 4.3. The blood. 4.4. The gastrointestinal system. 4.5. The renal system. 4.6. The nervous system. 4.7. The endocrine system. 4.8. Diseases of bones and joints. 4.9. The immune system. 4.10. Cancer. 4.11. Surgery -- Sect. 5. Pharmacology. 5.1. Drugs and the law. 5.2. Administration of drugs. 5.3. Nurse prescribing. 5.4. Pharmacology in practice. 5.5. Classification of drugs. 5.6. Poisoning
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Nursing.
Author Edwards, Sharon, MSC.
ISBN 0443053952