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Title Assessing and managing the acutely ill adult surgical patient / edited by Fiona J. McArthur-Rouse, Sylvia Prosser
Published Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 260 pages) : illustrations
Contents Pre-operative assessment and preparation / Curie Scott, Fiona J. McArthur-Rouse, Jane McLean -- The peri-operative phase / Luke Ewart and Sandra Huntington -- Post-operative recovery / Sylvia Prosser and Fiona J. McArthur-Rouse -- Post-operative pain management / Jane McLean, Sandra Huntington, Fiona J. McArthur-Rouse -- Psychosocial aspects of surgery / Fiona J. McArthur-Rouse and Tim Collins -- Head and neck surgery / Tracey Sharpe and Carma Harnett -- Vascular surgery / Ann M. Price -- Upper gastrointestinal surgery / Ian Felstead -- Surgery of the lower gastrointestinal tract / Ian Felstead -- Urological surgery / Ian Felstead and Jane McLean -- Women's health / Fiona J. McArthur-Rouse -- Orthopaedic surgery / Ann Newman -- Identifying and managing life-threatening situations / Tim Collins and Catherine I. Plowright
Summary 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 prepar
Analysis Nursing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Surgical emergencies.
Preoperative care.
Postoperative care.
Surgical nursing.
Surgery, Operative.
Perioperative Care
Acute Disease -- therapy
Nursing Assessment
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Preoperative Care
Postoperative Care
Perioperative Nursing
MEDICAL -- Prosthesis.
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
Surgery, Operative
Postoperative care
Preoperative care
Surgical emergencies
Surgical nursing
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author McArthur-Rouse, Fiona J
Prosser, Sylvia
LC no. 2006101283
ISBN 9780470691243
0470691247
9780470691946
0470691948
9786611318949
6611318941
1405133058
9781405133050
1281318949
9781281318947