A quick-access format delivers the "big picture" from pre-op to extended recovery.This concise clinical guide provides cardiac care nurses with speedy access to information and guidelines they use daily. Heavily updated with the newest clinical practice information, the third edition emphasizes postoperative complications and the nursing interventions designed to prevent and treat them. It includes updated coverage of risk factors for stroke and congenital heart disease and discusses new antithrombotics and antiplatelet medications. Bulleted information, brief paragraphs, boxed indicators highlighting key information, and Fast Facts "Pearls" are included in each chapter. The book's consistent organization facilitates quick access to information on equipment, procedures, and pre- and post-op specialty care. Ideal for new graduates and nurses considering a switch to cardiac or critical care, this resource reinforces existing knowledge and provides a foundation for developing additional skills. New to the Third Edition: Encompasses the latest research and guidelines Emphasizes postoperative complications and care Discusses diagnostic testing, patient preparation for cardiac surgery, initial post-op complications, extended recovery complications, and stroke care Updated rehabilitation chapter includes important patient education content Educates readers about new antithrombotics and antiplatelet medications Offers new guidelines for use of ventricular assist devices Key Features: A handy pocket reference for new and experienced cardiac care nurses Organized for easy access to equipment, procedures, and pre- and post-op specialty care An overall focus on patient safety

Understanding and managing technology is a key component in providing quality patient care today. This addition to the popular Fast Facts series provides RNs and nursing students with an accessible, concise, step-by-step introduction to the essentials of informatics and its impact on patient lives. This book delivers required competencies and frameworks for both nursing education and practice, expanding upon integral systems and technologies within our health care system and their impact on the responsibilities of the individual nurse.Highlighting the intricacies within a specialized approach to health care data, data mining, and data organization, this resource connects day-to-day informatics practices to larger initiatives and perspectives. Clear and concise synopses of health care essentials, case studies, and abundant practical examples help readers understand how Health Informatics improves patient care within the nursing scope of practice. Thought-provoking questions in each chapter facilitate in-depth considerations about chapter content. Key Features: Key information about the electronic health record, telehealth, wearables, and decision support tools Practical examples demonstrate how informatics improves patient care within the nurses' scope of practice Chapter case studies with thought-provoking questions Nurses' influence on data quality Relevant ethical, legal, and social issues The intersection of technology and informatics and the power of data

The only concise reference about spiritual belief systems that is clinically relevant to nursing care. Distilling the religious and spiritual practices of more than 30 distinct belief systems, this unique nursing reference provides quick access to essential information. The invaluable resource spells out clinically relevant information from each tradition and provides nursing implications for each religion or denomination. Written by an internationally known scholar on spirituality, religion, and nursing care, the book was also reviewed by experts on each tradition and belief system. Individual chapters focus on a religious tradition or group of related traditions and includes a brief socio-historical context of the religion, beliefs and practices pertinent to health and health care, and bulleted information about nursing implications for obstetric, perinatal and pediatric care. Acute and chronic care, hospital and community-based care, and end-of-life care are also covered. The resource provides useful assessment tips, comforting messages, resources for further support, and additional guidance to help nurses practice religiously sensitive care. Key Features: Written in consistent, bulleted format for speedy access to information Covers more than 30 religions, denominations, and cultures encountered by nurses in North America Provides religious information specific to nursing care Includes assessment tips, comforting messages, and resources for additional support Serves as a text for undergraduate and advanced practice nursing students

Features concise information ""at a glance"" along with more in-depth considerations. Providing key information at a glance, this timely resource for the home care nurse, offers clear, current practice guidelines for safely delivering IV therapy within the home. Written by one of the foremost experts in the field, the guide delivers not only evidence-based information in an easy-to-access, bulleted format, but also includes more extensive descriptions, discussions, and rationale for in-depth consultation. It maintains a cogent focus on infection and complication prevention throughout, and presents directives for achieving positive patient outcomes. It also focuses on patient education-an essential component of safe home infusion therapy--and includes case studies and Q & A sections to reinforce content. The guide addresses the foundations of home infusion therapy, including infusion access devices and infusion delivery methods. Effective and safe management of dehydration, antimicrobial infusions, and parenteral nutrition are addressed along with chemotherapy, pain management, cardiac-related infusion therapy, immunoglobulin infusion, and other home infusion therapies. Home care nurses who provide direct care, home care managers and educators, and nurses who provide home care discharge planning will find this Fast Facts guide to be an invaluable learning tool. Key Features: Focuses on patient selection, education, and monitoring Delivers evidence-based recommendations Presents quick access bullet points along with more in-depth information Discusses pediatric and geriatric implications Includes case studies and critical thinking questions

This is a concise, user-friendly orientation guide and reference for new and seasoned nurses, paramedics, preceptors, educators, management teams, and anyone else in triage situations. It features a consistent format with pithy information guidelines covering key processes and practices Triage Nurses use daily. Chapters address core elements of triage such as tips for success for triage orientees and triage preceptors, point-of-entry, evaluation processes, understanding a variety of acuity scales, "red-flag" diagnoses and how to handle them, coordination and communication with other health care team members, documentation guidelines, and care considerations for special populations. Practical information on all areas of triage includes coverage of emergency department and urgent care triage. The guide addresses care considerations for such specialized populations as geriatric, paediatric, and individuals with disabilities. Included are adult teaching and learning principles, legal concerns, customer service tips, compassion fatigue, core measures, and case studies. The guide covers fostering critical thinking skills, electronic medical record, provider in triage, trauma, patient and staff safety, and much more. Information is organized in brief, bulleted "bites" for knowledge at a glance. This book was originally published under the Fast Facts series by Springer Publishing Company.

Inside God's Shed is a series of tales that describe the experiences of an Intensive Care specialist during his career working in two major Australian teaching hospital intensive care units (critical care units) and three private hospital intensive care units. The stories provide a portrait of the intensive care unit by taking the reader into the lives of patients, relatives, medical specialists, nurses, hospital administrators and even pharmaceutical industry 'reps'. The narrative breaks down the stereotypes often found in novels and TV shows about the care of the acutely ill patient with over-worked heroes and heroines who cure the incurable and operate on the inoperable. The accounts tell of the hazards of the medical industry, of unreliable information, the fallibility of individuals and the distance that sometimes exists between science and humanity. They also draw attention to the unique workplace repartee and banter between medical specialists and nurses, underscoring the esprit de corps in a well functioning unit. While the tales portray what can be achieved when a unified medical team manages a critically ill patient, they also describe the limits of acute medical care; highlighting the complexities and ethical dilemmas in the care of a dying and chronically ill elderly patient. These stories are of true events, gleaned from notes and memories of cases in almost 40 years of an intensive care practice. Many of the names are either changed or are not included. Those people who are identified are already known and on the public record.

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Perianesthesia Nursing Care: A Bedside Guide To Safe Recovery Is A Key Reference For Clinicians Practicing In Preoperative Areas, Phase I And Phase II PACU Nursing Areas, And Nurses Working In Critical Care, OB, And Other Specialty Recovery Units. Ideal For Perianesthesia Nursing Orientation And Perioperative Cross-Training Programs, This Text Is Beneficial For All Those Caring For Pre- And Postanesthesia Patients. Additionally, It Is A Valuable Tool For Nursing Students Specializing In Critical Care And Perianesthesia Nurses Preparing To Sit For The Certified Post Anesthesia Nursing (CPAN) And Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse (CAPA) Certification Examinations. Divided Into Three Sections That Cover The Lifespan, Perianesthesia Nursing Care: A Bedside Guide To Safe Recovery Is Specifically Designed To Be Functional For The Clinician And Grounding For The Student Nurse. The First Section Focuses On Core Concepts Applicable To All Perianesthesia Patients And Families, While The Second Is Population Specific, And The Third Concentrates On Particular Surgeries And Procedures That Follow Body Systems.

Old letters, newspapers, library and state records, and personal interviews have contributed to this history. Beginning with the first recorded public care of the sick in the colony, the author discusses the progress of nursing to the time of this book's writing. Wyche was prominent in the initial organization of trained nurses in the state, was on the first board of examiners for trained nurses, and for ten years was superintendent of nurses at Watts Hospital.
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A critical care and emergency flight nurse, Jennifer Culkin is no stranger to death and its dramas, and her memoir plunges the reader into both. Aboard the Agusta A109A helicopter, we see through her eyes as she is entrusted with the life of a teenager wrenched from the wreckage of a head-on collision. In the intensive-care nursery, we take each tenuous breath with an eleven-ounce preemie she struggles to ventilate. Tempering her profound insights about mortality with humor, Culkin explores the rich borderland that lies between person and profession as she cares for her dying mother, widowed father, and, eventually, as she adjusts to life with multiple sclerosis, herself.

Simplicity is my passion. How many times have you struggled to learn something. It can happen in a classroom, with a textbook, on the job, in a seminar, or even in your home when you want to reset the clock on the VCR. Then, suddenly you get it You slap yourself on the forehead and then think, "Well why didn't they just tell me that in the first place? Why do they always make this stuff so complicated " These short books and pamphlets are based on practical teaching and learning experiences. These are the basics, the right information to get you started with confidence, and then get you through the tests and certifications we all face. Most of all, these lessons will help you to provide the level of care your patients expect and deserve. We've tried to serve up the information in bite-sized chunks with simple (and sometimes silly) cartoons to aid in digestion. Please enjoy these books. Let us know what you think. Have we hit the right level of simplicity?

Simplicity is my passion. How many times have you struggled to learn something. It can happen in a classroom, with a textbook, on the job, in a seminar, or even in your home when you want to reset the clock on the VCR. Then, suddenly you get it You slap yourself on the forehead and then think, "Well why didn't they just tell me that in the first place? Why do they always make this stuff so complicated " These short books and pamphlets are based on practical teaching and learning experiences. These are the basics, the right information to get you started with confidence, and then get you through the tests and certifications we all face. Most of all, these lessons will help you to provide the level of care your patients expect and deserve. We've tried to serve up the information in bite-sized chunks with simple (and sometimes silly) cartoons to aid in digestion. Please enjoy these books. Let us know what you think. Have we hit the right level of simplicity?

Following the publication of the Department of Health document - "Comprehensive Critical Care" (2000), many hospitals in England have established "critical care outreach" teams. This approach to the management of patients who are cared for outside the walls of critical care units is one that is also used beyond the UK with the development of 'Medical emergency teams' in Australia.

"Critical Care Outreach" gives a comprehensive overview of this new area of critical care practice in five sections covering: the evolution of outreach; clinical practice; continuity of care; managing and supporting outreach practitioners and developing and evaluating outreach. Each section has chapters covering important topics that include: "The origins of outreach" "Designing an outreach service" "Specific clinical problems" "Sharing critical care skills" "Role expansion for critical care outreach nurses" "Critical care follow-up" "The learning needs of critical care outreach practitioners" "A toolkit for managing changing in practice"

The book is written by expert critical care nurses and doctors who have included case studies that demonstrate innovations in practice and useful examples of how the challenges faced in outreach can be managed.

This easy to use book provides prompts for critical thinking and tips to enhance and develop individual practice and clinical service effectiveness. Critical care nurses and doctors, nursing students, medical and physiotherapy students and post registration nurses would find this practical book of great value.

Simplicity is my passion. How many times have you struggled to learn something. It can happen in a classroom, with a textbook, on the job, in a seminar, or even in your home when you want to reset the clock on the VCR. Then, suddenly you get it You slap yourself on the forehead and then think, "Well why didn't they just tell me that in the first place? Why do they always make this stuff so complicated " These short books and pamphlets are based on practical teaching and learning experiences. These are the basics, the right information to get you started with confidence, and then get you through the tests and certifications we all face. Most of all, these lessons will help you to provide the level of care your patients expect and deserve. We've tried to serve up the information in bite-sized chunks with simple (and sometimes silly) cartoons to aid in digestion. Please enjoy these books. Let us know what you think. Have we hit the right level of simplicity?

Simplicity is my passion. How many times have you struggled to learn something. It can happen in a classroom, with a textbook, on the job, in a seminar, or even in your home when you want to reset the clock on the VCR. Then, suddenly you get it You slap yourself on the forehead and then think, "Well why didn't they just tell me that in the first place? Why do they always make this stuff so complicated " These short books and pamphlets are based on practical teaching and learning experiences. These are the basics, the right information to get you started with confidence, and then get you through the tests and certifications we all face. Most of all, these lessons will help you to provide the level of care your patients expect and deserve. We've tried to serve up the information in bite-sized chunks with simple (and sometimes silly) cartoons to aid in digestion. Please enjoy these books. Let us know what you think. Have we hit the right level of simplicity?

Simplicity is my passion. How many times have you struggled to learn something. It can happen in a classroom, with a textbook, on the job, in a seminar, or even in your home when you want to reset the clock on the VCR. Then, suddenly you get it You slap yourself on the forehead and then think, "Well why didn't they just tell me that in the first place? Why do they always make this stuff so complicated " These short books and pamphlets are based on practical teaching and learning experiences. These are the basics, the right information to get you started with confidence, and then get you through the tests and certifications we all face. Most of all, these lessons will help you to provide the level of care your patients expect and deserve. We've tried to serve up the information in bite-sized chunks with simple (and sometimes silly) cartoons to aid in digestion. Please enjoy these books. Let us know what you think. Have we hit the right level of simplicity?

Simplicity is my passion. How many times have you struggled to learn something. It can happen in a classroom, with a textbook, on the job, in a seminar, or even in your home when you want to reset the clock on the VCR. Then, suddenly you get it You slap yourself on the forehead and then think, "Well why didn't they just tell me that in the first place? Why do they always make this stuff so complicated " These short books and pamphlets are based on practical teaching and learning experiences. These are the basics, the right information to get you started with confidence, and then get you through the tests and certifications we all face. Most of all, these lessons will help you to provide the level of care your patients expect and deserve. We've tried to serve up the information in bite-sized chunks with simple (and sometimes silly) cartoons to aid in digestion. Please enjoy these books. Let us know what you think. Have we hit the right level of simplicity?

Simplicity is my passion. How many times have you struggled to learn something. It can happen in a classroom, with a textbook, on the job, in a seminar, or even in your home when you want to reset the clock on the VCR. Then, suddenly you get it You slap yourself on the forehead and then think, "Well why didn't they just tell me that in the first place? Why do they always make this stuff so complicated " These short books and pamphlets are based on practical teaching and learning experiences. These are the basics, the right information to get you started with confidence, and then get you through the tests and certifications we all face. Most of all, these lessons will help you to provide the level of care your patients expect and deserve. We've tried to serve up the information in bite-sized chunks with simple (and sometimes silly) cartoons to aid in digestion. Please enjoy these books. Let us know what you think. Have we hit the right level of simplicity?

Simplicity is my passion. How many times have you struggled to learn something. It can happen in a classroom, with a textbook, on the job, in a seminar, or even in your home when you want to reset the clock on the VCR. Then, suddenly you get it You slap yourself on the forehead and then think, "Well why didn't they just tell me that in the first place? Why do they always make this stuff so complicated " These short books and pamphlets are based on practical teaching and learning experiences. These are the basics, the right information to get you started with confidence, and then get you through the tests and certifications we all face. Most of all, these lessons will help you to provide the level of care your patients expect and deserve. We've tried to serve up the information in bite-sized chunks with simple (and sometimes silly) cartoons to aid in digestion. Please enjoy these books. Let us know what you think. Have we hit the right level of simplicity?

Acute Stroke Management in the First 24 hours bridges the clinical application gap by offering a practice-based approach to treating ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. The comprehensive text, written by international experts in the field of stroke care, covers all aspects of stroke care, including review of stroke systems, clinic features, neuroimaging diagnostic characteristics, and pre-hospital care and challenges. Practical clinical studies in each chapter engage readers in the discussion of common diagnostic pitfalls and work challenges. Chapters also include detailed figures and management algorithms, making this book an easy-to-use reference guide ideal for first responders and clinicians working in emergency medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, and critical care.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The ultimate, case-based guide for learning and teaching the art of diagnostic reasoning for acute and critical care nurse practitioners A Doody's Core Title for 2020! Written by experienced nurse practitioners working in acute and critical care settings,and endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Acute & Critical Care Nurse Practitioner:Cases in Diagnostic Reasoning presents a wide range of acute and critical care patient cases focusing on diagnosis and management. This authoritative book is designed to help nurse practitioners and students learn how to proceed from a broad differential diagnosis to a specific management plan through expert analysis of patient data. While reconstructing the course of real-life clinical cases, the authors "think out loud" and reveal how they identify pertinent positives and significant negatives to support or refute items on their differential diagnoses list, and further incorporate laboratory and diagnostic testing results to establish a medical diagnosis. Each case includes a description of the management for the identified diagnosis. INCLUDES: * 71 cases based on real-life clinical scenarios * Analysis questions and case discussions to enable learners to actively participate ininductive and deductive reasoning * Cases that can be used to support course work, certification review, and job training The first of its kind, Acute & Critical Care Nurse Practitioner: Cases in Diagnostic Reasoning is an essential learning and teaching resource for students, clinicians, and clinical faculty to master the art of diagnostic reasoning.