EAN: 9783319505589

NURSING IN CRITICAL CARE SETTING - IRENE COMISS...

This book provides essential insights into how the approach to nursing care in ICU patients has
markedly changed over recent years. It shows how the focus has progressively moved away from
the technical approach that characterized early ICUs to a wider personalization of patient care
that also highlights general problems such as basic hygiene and general comfort. It also
demonstrates that  at the same time  the nurses' role has become more professionalized  with
increasing competences in assessing and managing patients' problems and measuring related
outcomes. It is structured in four units: Unit 1 presents the essential elements of accurate
vital-function and basic-needs assessments for ICU patients  using both instrumental monitoring
and specially validated assessment tools. Unit 2 addresses basic care in ICU patients 
particularly hygiene and mobilization  reflecting recent developments in nursing that focus on
the importance of these activities. Unit 3 highlights the main nursing outcomes in ICU patients
particularly focusing on risk prevention and complication management. Lastly  Unit 4 discusses
advances in ICU nursing  from clinical  organizational and research perspectives.

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