Accident and emergency nursing/ Mike Walsh and Andrew Kent
Imprint
Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001
Edition
4th ed
Descript
209 p: ill; 25 cm
CONTENT
The environment -- Social factors and A & E attendance -- Patients ,people and nurses -psychology in A & E -- The role of the A & E nurse -- Critical care -- Nurisng care of the critically injured patient -- Nursing care of the emergency patient -- Nurisng care of the injured patient -- Fractures and dislocatons -- Plaster of paris application -- Soft tissue injury -- Eye complaints and emergendies -- ENT and dental emergencies -- Children in A & E -- The older person in A & E -- Major disaster planning and radiation casualties -- Women's health problems in A & E -- The patient eith behavioural problems --Substance misuse deliberate self -harm and parasuicide -- the mentally ill patient in A & E -- The difficult problems that nobody else wants -- Sexual problems in A & E -- Evidence based practice -- Evidence based practice in A & E