Nursing Medical Emergency Patients

Jevon, Philip; Humphreys, Melanie; Ewens, Beverley

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

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2008-11-10

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781405120555

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Dimensions: 186.9cm x123.4cm

Pages: 336.0