Fundamentals of Critical Care

A Textbook for Nursing and Healthcare Students
Herausgegeben:Peate, Ian; Hill, Barry

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Produktbeschreibung

Fundamentals of Critical Care

A Textbook for Nursing and Healthcare Students

In Fundamentals of Critical Care, a team of clinicians and health educators deliver an accessible, timely, and evidence-based introduction to the role of nurses and healthcare practitioners in critical care. The book explores fundamental concepts in critical care and their implications for practice. Each chapter outlines essential knowledge necessary to understand key concepts and includes high quality, full-colour artwork to enhance learning and recall.

Readers are also provided with clinical scenarios, practice questions, and red and orange flags to indicate physiological and psychological alerts respectively. Covering a range of common and specialised disease processes and treatments requiring critical care, the book provides:
_ A thorough introduction to the critical care unit, including philosophies of care, ways of working, humanisation, and outreach
_ Comprehensive exploration of organisational influences, including political, local, national, and international influences
_ Practical discussion of legal, ethical, and professional issues, as well as evidence-based approaches to critical care
_ In-depth examination of nursing care assessment tools, nursing communication, cognition, pharmacology, and more

Perfect for nursing students and trainee nursing associates, Fundamentals of Critical Care: A Textbook for Nursing and Healthcare Students will also earn a place in the libraries of healthcare students in physiotherapy, paramedicine, medicine, and those returning to practice.

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Produktdetails

• Fundamentals
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W119783250
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 275mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1392g
• ISBN-13: 9781119783251
• ISBN-10: 1119783259
• Artikelnr.: 63692179

Autorenporträt

Ian Peate OBE FRCN is Senior Lecturer, Roehampton University; Visiting Professor of Nursing, St George's University of London and Kingston University London; Visiting Professor, Northumbria University; Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, and Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing. Barry Hill is the Director of Education (Employability) for Nursing, Midwifery and Health at Northumbria University. His academic practice includes teaching and learning as well as research which impacts on undergraduate, postgraduate and CPD programmes. He specialises in clinical education relating to acute and critical care, and advanced level practice.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors xix

Preface xxv

Acknowledgements xxvii

How to use your textbook xxix

About the companion website xxxi

Chapter 1 The critical care unit 1
Vikki Park

Introduction 2

Levels of care 2

The critical care environment 2

Critical care patients 3

Level 1 care 4

Level 2 care 4

Level 3 care 4

Critical care competence 5

The interprofessional team 6

Communication 7

Ways of working 7

Understanding philosophies of care 8

Humanising critical care 8

Surviving critical care 9

Death in critical care 9

Resilience 9

Nursing considerations and recommendations for practice 11

Future challenges 11

Conclusion 11

References 12

Chapter 2 Organisational influences 14
Vikki Park

Introduction 15

The four UK nations 15

Legislation 15

Professional Statutory Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) 15

Shared decision making 16

Capacity for shared decision making 16

Confidentiality 17

Decisions relating to end-of-life care 17

Risk management 18

International influences 18

National influences 18

UK government organisations 18

Networks 19

National guidelines 20

Quality assurance 20

Local policies 21

Nursing considerations and recommendations for practice 21

Conclusion 21

References 22

Chapter 3 Legal and ethical issues 24
Leonie Armstrong, Tracey Carrott, and Jacqueline Newby

Introduction 25

Confidentiality 25

End-of-life care and best interest decisions 26

Ethical themes 27

Mental Capacity Act 27

Organ donation 29

Consent (authorisation in Scotland) for organ donation 30

First person consent 31

First person opt-in 31

First person opt-out 31

Appointed/nominated representative (not Scotland) 31

Deemed consent 31

The ethics of deemed consent 32

Consent from a person in the highest-ranking relationship 32

Cadaveric organ donation 33

The organ donation process 33

Post organ retrieval 34

Organ allocation 34

Conclusion 35

References 35

Chapter 4 Professional issues in critical care 37
Aurora Medonica

Introduction 38

Opportunities for learning 38

NMC Code in critical care units: journey to independent, safe practice 38

The core principles 39

UK National Competency Framework: critical care 41

Development of critical thinking in healthcare 42

The prioritising process 42

Support systems: the student 44

Conclusion 44

References 45

Chapter 5 Using an evidence-based approach 46
Sadie Diamond-Fox and Alexandra Gatehouse Introduction 47

What is evidence-based practice (EBP)? 47

Step 1: formulating a clinical question - the PICO method 48

Step 2: locating the evidence/research: performing a systematic literature review 48

Step 3: critical appraisal and the hierarchy of evidence 49

Step 4: extracting the most relevant and useful results 51

Step 5: implementing research into practice 52

Quality healthcare in critical care 53

Clinical audit and quality improvement 53

Research and development in critical care 55

Conclusion 56

Reference