Acute and Critical Care in Adult Nursing 4/e

Desi Tait is senior lecturer and Year leader for BSc Nursing in the Faculty for Health and Social Care at Bournemouth University. Desi has over 30 years experience in the practice, theory and education of adult acute and critical care nursing and facilitates critical care education at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. She has a particular interest in the use of blended learning strategies in critical care undergraduate education and is involved in developing and evaluating innovative ways to facilitate student learning by adopting a practice based approach to education. Desi completed her doctorate in the study of nurses' experience of recognizing and managing clinical deterioration in patients in hospital in 2009 and this continues to be an area of clinical interest. Catherine Williams is the programme Director for undergraduate nursing at the College of Human and Health Sciences, and has over 14 years' experience in the practice, theory and education of postgraduate and undergraduate level. David Barton is now retired and was formerly Associate Professor and Academic Lead in the Department of Nursing, School of Human & Health Science, Swansea University. David qualified as an RGN at Kings College Hospital and then specialised in critical care nursing. He worked in Intensive Care in both Carmarthen and Swansea before becoming a Nurse Lecturer at the University of Wales Swansea in 1989. David's academic and scholarly interests have focused particularly on advanced clinical nursing and he has worked to develop nursing networks in Wales and the UK. He is the Chair of the Association of Advanced Nursing Practice Educators (AANPE), and is actively involved with the Modernising Careers agenda at a strategic level both in Wales and nationally. He has also published widely in journals and textbooks. Recently David has taken the lead in managing the Department of Nursing at Swansea University, promoting the educational and research agenda students at pre and post registration level, and from undergraduate to doctoral level. Throughout his career as a lecturer he has maintained his clinical practice, working regularly in Intensive Care.

Chapter 1: Assessing, recognising, and responding to acute and critical illness - Desiree Tait Chapter 2: The breathless patient - Desiree Tait and Jane James Chapter 3: The patient who needs respiratory support - Desiree Tait and Helen Aldridge Chapter 4: The patient with chest pain - Thomas C. Barton, David Barton and Desiree Tait Chapter 5: The patient in pain - Catherine Norris Chapter 6: The patient in shock - Desiree Tait and Helen Aldridge Chapter 7: The patient with sepsis and septic shock - Desiree Tait and Helen Aldridge Chapter 8: The patient with delirium - Desiree Tait and Helen Aldridge Chapter 9: The patient with acute kidney injury - Desiree Tait Chapter 10: The patient with physiological trauma - Catherine Norris Chapter 11: The patient with altered consciousness - Desiree Tait and Jane James Chapter 12: The patient with an endocrine disorder - Desiree Tait and Dave Blesovskey Chapter 13: Conclusion: lessons learned - an action plan for practice - Desiree Tait