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A Nurse's Survival Guide to the Ward - Updated Edition

  • Book

  • October 2018
  • Elsevier Health Science
  • ID: 4593745
Further to the success of the previous editions, A Nurse's Survival Guide to the Ward continues to be the indispensable guide to all the procedures and problems faced by nurses and healthcare professionals every day.

Whether you are a clinical practicing student or a qualified nurse, this book is the perfect straightforward reference for every doubt you might have about emergency situations, as well as assessments, clinical procedures and much more.

What will you find in this updated edition:

- Completely updated and revised content written by well-known authors with extensive experience in the field;

- Up-to-date legal issues, health and safety, professional practice issues and ethics in nursing;

- Expansions of areas such as oxygen administration, fluid and electrolyte balance and nutrition

Completely updated and revised content written by well-known authors with extensive experience in the field;

Up-to-date legal issues, health and safety, professional practice issues and ethics in nursing;

Expansions of areas such as oxygen administration, fluid and electrolyte balance and nutrition

Table of Contents

1 Your job and its organization

2 Principles of adult nursing

3 Identification of patient problems

4 Fundamental procedures

5 A systems approach

6 Pharmacology

References

Further Reading

Appendix 1 Units of measurement

Appendix 2 Normal values

Appendix 3 Drug measurement and calculations

Glossary

Index

Authors

Ann Richards Associate Lecturer, The Open University, UK. Sharon L. Edwards Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Allied Health, Buckinghamshire New University, Uxbridge, UK.