Acute Care Skills

Acute care skills; a guide for Nurses is an informative, interactive iBook that will be a great and exciting read as well as an essential reference for any and all Nurses.  Acute care skills; a guide for Nurses is not just for emergency nurses or nurses working in acute areas.  Acute care skills; a guide for Nurses has relevance to all Nurses regardless of speciality or background.  Acute care skills; a guide for Nurses is equally useful for student nurses undertaking placements in the hospital setting.


Acute care skills; a guide for Nurses is up to date, referenced and contains the latest in NICE guidance, NPSA alerts and Resuscitation Council (UK) guidelines.



Chapters include:

Introduction
Systematic assessment
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Exposure
What next?
Safe transfer




Skills covered:
Airway adjuncts
Airway manoeuvres
Suction
Arterial blood gas interpretation
Central venous catheters
Intravenous catheters
Urinary catheters
CPAP & non-invasive ventilation
Chest auscultation
Sedation
Nasogastric tube insertion
Cardiac monitoring
Neurological assessment (GCS & pupillary response)




Topics covered:
Fluid resuscitation
Vasoactive medications
Effective communication
Resuscitation Guidelines
Endotracheal intubation
Rhythm recognition 
Oxygen therapy
Pain management
Clinical assessment and history taking
Prioritisation
NICE guidelines
Severe sepsis
Management of acute coronary syndromes
Bedside physiological monitoring
Early warning scores and track and trigger systems