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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…mehr
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
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Autorenporträt
Ian Peate OBE FRCN is Senior Lecturer, Roehampton University; Visiting Professor of Nursing, St George's University of London and Kingston University London; Visiting Professor, Northumbria University; Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, and Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing. Barry Hill is the Director of Education (Employability) for Nursing, Midwifery and Health at Northumbria University. His academic practice includes teaching and learning as well as research which impacts on undergraduate, postgraduate and CPD programmes. He specialises in clinical education relating to acute and critical care, and advanced level practice.
Inhaltsangabe
Contributors xix
Preface xxv
Acknowledgements xxvii
How to use your textbook xxix
About the companion website xxxi
Chapter 1 The critical care unit 1 Vikki Park
Introduction 2
Levels of care 2
The critical care environment 2
Critical care patients 3
Level 1 care 4
Level 2 care 4
Level 3 care 4
Critical care competence 5
The interprofessional team 6
Communication 7
Ways of working 7
Understanding philosophies of care 8
Humanising critical care 8
Surviving critical care 9
Death in critical care 9
Resilience 9
Nursing considerations and recommendations for practice 11
Future challenges 11
Conclusion 11
References 12
Chapter 2 Organisational influences 14 Vikki Park
Introduction 15
The four UK nations 15
Legislation 15
Professional Statutory Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) 15
Shared decision making 16
Capacity for shared decision making 16
Confidentiality 17
Decisions relating to end-of-life care 17
Risk management 18
International influences 18
National influences 18
UK government organisations 18
Networks 19
National guidelines 20
Quality assurance 20
Local policies 21
Nursing considerations and recommendations for practice 21
Conclusion 21
References 22
Chapter 3 Legal and ethical issues 24 Leonie Armstrong, Tracey Carrott, and Jacqueline Newby
Introduction 25
Confidentiality 25
End-of-life care and best interest decisions 26
Ethical themes 27
Mental Capacity Act 27
Organ donation 29
Consent (authorisation in Scotland) for organ donation 30
