„This would be a helpful guide for nurses working in anyacute setting; acute wards, coronary care, critical care outreachor the emergency department. It is also a good introductory toolfor critical care nurses explaining the principles of assessment, different types of invasive monitoring and waveforms and soon.“ (Nursing Times, 17 October 2012)
Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient is an invaluable, accessible guide to caring for critically ill patients on thegeneral ward. Now fully updated and improved throughout, thiswell-established and handy reference guide text assumes no priorknowledge and equips students and newly-qualified staff with theclinical skills and knowledge they need to confidently monitorpatients at risk, identify key priorities, and provide prompt andeffective care.
This new edition includes the following five new chapters:
* Monitoring the critically ill child
* Monitoring the critically ill pregnant patient
* Monitoring the patient with infection and related systemicinflammatory response
* Monitoring a patient receiving a blood transfusion
* Monitoring pain
This new edition includes the following five new chapters:
* Monitoring the critically ill child
* Monitoring the critically ill pregnant patient
* Monitoring the patient with infection and related systemicinflammatory response
* Monitoring a patient receiving a blood transfusion
* Monitoring pain
