A nurse's survival guide to the ward

Author(s)

• Richards, Ann
• Edwards, Sharon, MSC

Bibliographic Information

A nurse's survival guide to the ward

Ann Richards, Sharon Edwards

（Nurse's survival guide）

Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2012

3rd ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-424) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The new edition of this highly popular book is an indispensable guide to daily procedures and problems for nurses starting work on the ward or returning to practice. It provides guidance in a variety of areas including: How to organise your job and yourself How to assess patients Clinical information on a wide range of conditions Important principles, procedures and investigations How to administer drugs safely What to do in an emergency As well as information on how to do the job, the importance of communication and nursing care issues is emphasised. Background information is also given on underlying legal, health and safety issues.This book will help you with Organising your job and yourself Assessing patients Getting clinical information on a wide range of conditions Important principles, procedures and investigations Administering drugs safely What to do in an emergency Communication, legal health and safety issues A new section on professional practice relates current issues to nursing practice Updated drug section provides essential understanding of common drug classes New resuscitation guidelines

Table of Contents

• SECTION 1 Your job and its organization: Organizing yourself
• Emergency situations SECTION 2 Assessing and investigating: Identification of patient problems
• Assessment
• Observations and measurements
• Procedures and investigations
• Nursing care issues SECTION 3 Procedures: General principles and procedures
• Infection and its control
• Fluid and electrolyte balance
• Nutritional support SECTION 4 A systems approach: The cardiovascular system
• The respiratory system
• The blood
• The gastrointestinal system
• The renal system
• The nervous system
• The endocrine system
• Diseases of bones and joints
• The immune system
• Cancer
• Surgery SECTION 5 Pharmacology
• Drugs and the law: Administration of drugs
• Nurse prescribing
• Pharmacology in practice
• Classification of drugs
• Poisoning References
• Further reading and useful websites
• Appendix 1 Units of measurement
• Appendix 2 Normal values
• Appendix 3 Drug measurement and calculations Glossary
• Index

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Details

• NCID: BB19548549
• ISBN:
  • 9780702046032
• LCCN: 2011047968
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Edinburgh
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 492 p.
• Size: 19 cm
• Classification:
  • NLM : WY 49
  • DC23 : 610.73
• Subject Headings:
  • MESH : Nursing Care -- Handbooks
  • MESH : Nursing Staff, Hospital -- Handbooks
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB18002958