Assessing and Managing the Acutely Ill Adult Surgical PatientISBN: 978-1-4051-3305-0
Paperback
274 pages
September 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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Assessing and managing the acutely ill adult surgical
patient focuses on major surgical conditions and interventions
commonly encountered in District General Hospitals which
potentially require intensive monitoring and intervention. It
emphasizes the importance of thorough assessment and interpretation
of clinical data, and provides the necessary knowledge to help
nurses make sense of their findings and to integrate theory and
practice in relation to surgical care.
Part one addresses principles of surgical care for all patients undergoing surgery — including pre-operative assessment and preparation, the peri-operative period and post-operative recovery, post-operative pain management and psychosocial aspects of surgery — which underpin the knowledge and rationale for practice. Part two considers specific surgical conditions and interventions, organised according to surgical specialities. Each chapter considers the underlying patho-physiology, investigation and diagnosis, assessment, monitoring and management of common acute surgical conditions within that specialty.