Publisher's Synopsis
This is an indispensable pocket guide for nurses caring for patients with acute medical conditions.
This book will help you to:
- Care for patients within the critical first 24 hours of admission
- Manage patients using the most up-to-date, evidence-based approach
- Understand the most-common emergency medical conditions and their underlying disease mechanisms
- Handle the patient's assessment, understand the observations and manage their disease
- Easily obtain practical advice in a clear style
- Explains 'what to tell the patient and relatives' in jargon-free language
