Product Description

An essential practical guide to all nurses working in intensive care. The second edition of this popular textbook encompasses the knowledge, skills and expertise employed in nursing the critically ill patient. It highlights the priorities of care and the principles of management in a range of problems common in the ICU. The reader will benefit from the strong clinical foundation and the high level of expertise of the authors. Emphasis is placed on the nursing aspects of a multi-disciplinary approach to caring for the critically ill patient. The structure of the book allows new students to understand the physiology underlying the patient's condition before concentrating on the priorities of interventions and nursing care.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32191 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 552 pages

Nursing Standard, Vol 20, No 23
"A well laid out and comprehensive text for those embarking on a career in critical care nursing."

Review
The book is of great value to both experienced and new critical care staff in an educational situation...It succeeds in giving a broad and highly informative view on the critical care environment and stretches the experienced nurse to consider more effective and optimized care, raising the standards of care and familiarizing the reader with a holistic approach to the management of critical care patients. (British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 96, No 4 )

This textbook is ideal for nurses who want to understand practical issues that may be experienced while caring for the critically ill at the bedside ... I felt the book was easy to read and kept me interested, and I would recommend it to my colleagues. (ccforum.com )

A well laid out and comprehensive text for those embarking on a career in critical care nursing. (Nursing Standard, Vol 20, No 23 )

ccforum.com
"This textbook is ideal for nurses who want to understand practical issues that may be experienced while caring for the critically ill at the bedside ... I felt the book was easy to read and kept me interested, and I would recommend it to my colleagues."

Customer Reviews

If you only buy one critical care book!
I bought this book as an aid to studying during my critical care course in the UK. I found this book invaluable and would highly recommend it to anyone working in critical care environment.
Although I think it would be of most benefit to someone working in a general ITU there are many chapters covering a wide range of topics such as cardiac, renal and chapters such as head injuries which can be applied to A&E. The book covers the A&P/science of body systems as well as research based subjects like ITU delirium/psychosis, transferring patients and allocation of critical resources to name a few.

The second edition appears in a two-tone colour (red or black) and the multiple boxes, highlighting important information makes it far easier to read than the original black and white first edition. As an ITU nurse I felt the book gave me in-depth and current/evidence based information to underpin and inform my practise, whilst directing me to the primary references and areas for further reading. I started using the book when I first joined ITU and I'm still using the book now 3 years later - as are many of my colleagues. So if you only buy one critical care book I recommend this one - but have a look at the library/unit copy first, to see if its for you.

comphrensive no-nonsense approach to critical care
A must for critical care nurses and professionals allied to medicine, the book gives comphrensive and easily understood information on the complex field of the critically ill adult. Ideal as a reference book for post registration courses or as a bedside reference tool for the critical care nurse.

A comprehensive critical care book
I purchased Critical Care Nursing a year ago, and I have used it on regular occasions since. I now feel that it is an excellent text for nurses working within critical care, however for the complete novice to intensive care I felt that it was too in depth.