A Nurse’s Survival Guide to the Ward 3rd edition by Sharon Edwards, Ann Richards 0702046032 9780702046032

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ISBN-10 :  0702046032 

ISBN-13 :  9780702046032

Author: Sharon Edwards, Ann Richards 

The new edition of this highly popular book is an indispensable guide to daily procedures and problems for nurses starting work on the ward or returning to practice. It provides guidance in a variety of areas including: how to organise your job and yourself; how to assess patients; clinical information on a wide range of conditions; important principles, procedures and investigations; how to administer drugs safely; and what to do in an emergency. As well as information on how to do the job, the importance of communication and nursing care issues is emphasised. Background information is also given on underlying legal, health and safety issues.

A Nurse’s Survival Guide to the Ward 3rd Table of contents:

Section 1: Your job and its organization
1.1 Organizing your work
1.2 Emergency situations
Generalized seizures
Partial seizures
Section 2: Principles of adult nursing
2.1 Legal issues
2.2 Health and safety
2.3 Professional practice issues
Write a description of the experience
2.4 Ethics in nursing
Section 3: Identification of patient problems
3.1 Holistic approaches to care
3.2 Assessment
Pain
Pressure area risk assessment
Wound assessment
Respiratory assessment
Assessment of the skin
Nutritional assessment
3.3 Observations and measurements
3.4 Procedures and investigations
3.5 Nursing care issues
Section 4: Fundamental procedures
4.1 General principles
4.2 Psychological issues
4.3 Cultural issues
4.4 Infection and its control
4.5 Essential interventions
Section 5: A systems approach
5.1 The cardiovascular system
5.2 The respiratory system
Step 1 Mild intermittent asthma
Step 2 Regular preventer therapy
Step 3 Initial add-on therapy
Step 4 Persistent poor control
Step 5 Continuous or frequent use of oral steroids
5.3 The blood
5.4 The gastrointestinal system
5.5 The renal system
5.6 The nervous system
5.7 The endocrine system
5.8 Diseases of the bones and joints
5.9 The immune system
5.10 Cancer
5.11 Surgery
Section 6: Pharmacology
6.1 Drugs and the law
6.2 Medicines management
6.3 Nurse prescribing
6.4 Pharmacology in practice
6.5 Classification of drugs
6.6 Poisoning
References
Further reading
Appendix 1: Units of measurement
Units (SI), the metric system and conversions
Measurements, equivalents and conversions (SI or metric and imperial)
Appendix 2: Normal values
Blood (haematology)
Blood-venous plasma (biochemistry)
Cerebrospinal fluid
Urine
Faeces
Appendix 3: Drug measurement and calculations
Weight
Volume
Concentration
Body height and surface area
Formulae for calculation of drug doses and drip rates
Acknowledgements

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