Description
Book SynopsisRapid Adult Nursing is an essential read for all adult nursing students, as well as a refresher for qualified adult nurses, and a dip into text for other healthcare professionals.
Table of ContentsIntroduction viii
Acknowledgements ix
Part 1: Fundamentals of Nursing Care
Adult nursing 3
Assessment and monitoring 4
Audit 5
Communication 6
Continuing professional development 7
Dignity 8
Discharge planning 9
Documentation 10
Eating and drinking 11
Evaluation 12
Evidence‐based practice 13
Fundamentals of nursing care 14
Health education and promotion 15
Infection prevention and control 16
Leadership 17
Management 18
Medicines management 19
Moving and positioning 20
Practice development 21
Quality improvement 22
Research 23
Risk assessment and management 24
Teamwork 25
Wound management 26
Part 2: Conditions
Acute coronary syndromes 29
Acute renal failure 31
Anaemias 32
Aneurysms 33
Angina 34
Appendicitis 35
Arrhythmias 36
Asthma 37
Breast lumps 38
Breathlessness 39
Cancer 40
Cardiovascular disorders 41
Cataracts 42
Cholecystitis 43
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 44
Chronic renal failure 45
Cirrhosis 46
Coagulation disorders 47
Constipation 48
Coronary heart disease 49
Crohn’s disease 50
Dementias 51
Diabetes mellitus 52
Diarrhoea 53
Diverticular disease 54
Eczema 55
Encephalitis 56
Endocrine disorders 57
End‐of‐life care 58
Epilepsy 59
Fractures 60
Gallstone disease 61
Gastritis 62
Gastroenteritis 63
Gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease 64
Glaucoma 65
Glomerulonephritis 66
Gout 67
Haemorrhoids 68
Hearing loss 69
Heart failure 70
Hepatitis 71
HIV 72
Hypertension 73
Hysterectomy 74
Immunodeficiency 75
Incontinence 76
Jaundice 77
Leukaemias 78
Life support: advanced adult 79
Life support: basic adult 80
Lymphomas 81
Macular degeneration 82
Meningitis 83
Multiple sclerosis 84
Myopathies 85
Nausea and vomiting 86
Neutropenia 87
Osteoarthritis 88
Osteomyelitis 89
Osteoporosis 90
Pain and discomfort 91
Pancreatitis 92
Parkinson’s disease 93
Peptic ulceration 94
Peripheral vascular disease 95
Platelet disorders 96
Pneumonia 97
Post‐operative care 98
Pre‐ and intra‐operative care 99
Prostate gland disorders 100
Psoriasis 101
Raised intracranial pressure 102
Respiratory failure 103
Rheumatoid arthritis 104
Sepsis 105
Shock 106
Spinal cord compression 107
Tension pneumothorax 108
Tinnitus 109
Tuberculosis 110
Ulcerative colitis 111
Urethritis 112
Urinary calculi 113
Urinary retention 114
Urinary tract infections 115
Vaginal discharge 116
Valve disease 117
Vascular disorders of the brain 118
Venous thromboembolism 119
References and Websites 120
Index 121
