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• Title:Critical care nursing : learning from practice / edited by Suzanne Bench and Kate Brown.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Bench, Suzanne.
  Brown, Kate, MSc.
  
• Published/Created:Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WY154 .C934 2011
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Intensive care nursing--Case studies.
  
• Medical Subjects: Critical Illness--nursing--Case Reports.
  Critical Care--methods--Case Reports.
  Critical Care--organization & administration--Case Reports.
  
• Description:viii, 290 pages : ill ; 25 cm.
  
• Summary:Based around case scenarios that have the patient as the central focus, each chapter is constructed around an example of a critically ill patient with specific care needs. The chapters then go on to critically explore the knowledge and skills required to deliver expert care.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781405169950 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  9781444393088 (ePDF)
  9781444393095 (ePub)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. patient with acute lung injury (ALI) / Julie Hamilton
  2. patient requiring complex weaning from mechanical ventilation / Dr. Cheryl Crocker
  3. patient with fever / Kate Brown
  4. patient with severe sepsis / Suzanne Bench
  5. patient following cardiac surgery / Dr. Maureen Coombs
  6. patient with severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to oesophageal varices / Suzanne Sargent
  7. patient with altered blood glucose / Danielle Fullwood
  8. patient with increased abdominal pressure / Suzanne Bench
  9. patient with an acute kidney injury / Suzanne Bench
  10. patient in acute pain / Dr. Sinead Mehigan
  11. patient requiring sedation / Tina Moore
  12. patient with raised intracranial pressure / Deborah Slade
  13. patient with delirium / Kate Brown
  14. patient with seizure activity / Clair Merriman
  15. patient following poisoning / Sue Whaley
  16. patient with long-term needs / Ruth Cork
  17. patient requiring end-of-life care / Ruth Cork.