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Alexander's Nursing Practice E-Book
Chris Brooker | Maggie Nicol | Margaret F. Alexander
(2011)
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Abstract
The most comprehensive UK Adult Nursing core text, now in its fourth edition, for the next generation of nurses…
This best-selling textbook has been fully revised by a team of experienced nurses for nurses focusing on the issues that are important to them. It provides a comprehensive source of the knowledge and skills required for competent, evidence-based nursing practice. High quality nursing care is patient-centred, knowledgeable and based on the best available evidence. This book will help you to achieve that.
- Key nursing issues summarise each chapter and enable you to check your understanding
- Interactive Reflection and Evidence-based practice boxes help make links between theory and practice
- A Reflection and Learning feature in each chapter to help you consider your learning and professional development and how you can use it to enhance patient/client care
- Now in full colour
- A customisable electronic version of the book, which makes searching for information easy and accessible
- An exciting companion website including:
- Self-test quiz questions with full explanations with the answers
- Critical-thinking questions with outline answers
- Full colour photographs, diagrams, tables and care plans
- Hyper-linked references
- All the images from the book
- Increased prominence of nursing and health promotion
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Alexander’s Nursing Practice | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Contributors | vii | ||
| Preface | xi | ||
| Foreword | xiii | ||
| Acknowledgements | xv | ||
| Chapter 1: Nursing practice - the essence of caring | 1 | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| Section 1: Care of patients with common disorders | 7 | ||
| Chapter 2: Nursing patients with cardiovascular disorders | 9 | ||
| Introduction | 9 | ||
| Anatomy and physiology of the heart | 10 | ||
| Anatomy and physiology of the blood vessels | 13 | ||
| Atherosclerosis | 14 | ||
| Ischaemia | 15 | ||
| Risk factors for cardiovascular disease | 15 | ||
| Coronary heart disease | 15 | ||
| Acute coronary syndrome | 20 | ||
| Arrhythmias | 28 | ||
| Heart block | 30 | ||
| Heart failure | 32 | ||
| Pericardial disease | 35 | ||
| Myocarditis | 35 | ||
| Infective endocarditis | 35 | ||
| Valvular disorders | 36 | ||
| Hypertension | 38 | ||
| Aortic aneurysm | 40 | ||
| Peripheral vascular disease | 42 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 47 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 47 | ||
| References | xiv | ||
| Section 2: Core nursing issues | 497 | ||
| Chapter 16: Infection prevention and control | 499 | ||
| Introduction | 499 | ||
| An overview of the problems with and management of health care associated infection and infectious diseases | 499 | ||
| Specific infection prevention measures | 507 | ||
| Other areas of practice that relate to infection prevention and control | 514 | ||
| Infection prevention and control measures at home | 515 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 515 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 515 | ||
| References | 515 | ||
| Further Reading | 516 | ||
| Useful Websites | 516 | ||
| Chapter 17: Stress and anxiety | 519 | ||
| Introduction | 519 | ||
| Physiological responses to stress | 520 | ||
| Models of stress | 523 | ||
| Stress and disease | 525 | ||
| Psychosomatic problems | 525 | ||
| Coping | 528 | ||
| Management of stress | 528 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 532 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 532 | ||
| References | 532 | ||
| Further Reading | 533 | ||
| Useful Websites | 533 | ||
| Chapter 18: Recognising and managing shock | 535 | ||
| Introduction | 535 | ||
| The pathophysiology of shock | 535 | ||
| Types of shock | 538 | ||
| General principles of the management and treatment of shock | 541 | ||
| Monitoring the patient in shock | 546 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 549 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 549 | ||
| References | 549 | ||
| Further Reading | 550 | ||
| Chapter 19: Pain management | 551 | ||
| Introduction | 551 | ||
| Defining pain: competing perspectives | 552 | ||
| Theories of pain | 553 | ||
| Pain physiology and functional anatomy - an overview | 554 | ||
| Classification of Types of Pain | 555 | ||
| Acute pain | 555 | ||
| Chronic pain | 557 | ||
| Nociceptive pain | 558 | ||
| Neuropathic pain | 558 | ||
| Key Concepts | 559 | ||
| Pain threshold | 559 | ||
| Pain tolerance | 559 | ||
| Pain myths | 559 | ||
| Individual differences in pain perception | 560 | ||
| Management of Pain | 561 | ||
| Pain assessment | 561 | ||
| Pain measurement | 561 | ||
| Clinical governance in pain management | 570 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 571 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 571 | ||
| References | 571 | ||
| Further Reading | 573 | ||
| Useful Websites | 573 | ||
| Chapter 20: Maintaining fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance | 575 | ||
| Introduction | 575 | ||
| Fluid in the body | 576 | ||
| Electrolytes in the body | 576 | ||
| Water and electrolyte homeostasis | 577 | ||
| Fluid and electrolyte disturbances | 579 | ||
| Maintaining acid-base balance | 583 | ||
| Problems associated with fluid and electrolyte imbalance | 590 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 591 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 592 | ||
| References | 592 | ||
| Further Reading | 592 | ||
| Useful Websites | 593 | ||
| Chapter 21: Nutrition and health | 595 | ||
| Introduction | 595 | ||
| Principles of nutritional science | 596 | ||
| Public health nutrition | 599 | ||
| Nutritional screening and assessment | 600 | ||
| Nutritional Intervention | 602 | ||
| Enhancing nutritional intake | 604 | ||
| Enteral feeding by tube | 606 | ||
| Parenteral nutrition | 609 | ||
| Evaluation | 613 | ||
| The Nutrition Support Team and the Nutrition Nurse Specialist | 613 | ||
| Future directions in nutritional care | 613 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 613 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 613 | ||
| References | 614 | ||
| Further Reading | 615 | ||
| Useful Websites | 615 | ||
| Chapter 22: Maintaining body temperature | 617 | ||
| Introduction | 617 | ||
| Normal body temperature | 617 | ||
| Regulation of body temperature | 618 | ||
| Fluctuations in a healthy person's temperature | 620 | ||
| The measurement of body temperature | 623 | ||
| Disturbances in temperature regulation | 625 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 629 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 629 | ||
| References | 629 | ||
| Further Reading | 630 | ||
| Chapter 23: Tissue viability and managing chronic wounds | 633 | ||
| Introduction | 633 | ||
| Wound definition, types and classification | 633 | ||
| Physiology of wound healing | 634 | ||
| Factors that adversely affect healing | 636 | ||
| Wound infection | 638 | ||
| Specific wound types | 646 | ||
| Sutured wounds | 653 | ||
| Traumatic wounds | 653 | ||
| Malignant wounds | 653 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 655 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 655 | ||
| References | 655 | ||
| Further Reading | 656 | ||
| Useful Websites | 656 | ||
| Chapter 24: Maintaining continence | 657 | ||
| Introduction | 657 | ||
| Continence | 658 | ||
| Incontinence | 659 | ||
| Urinary incontinence | 659 | ||
| Faecal incontinence | 660 | ||
| Epidemiology of incontinence - prevalence studies | 660 | ||
| Sociological factors in underreporting of incontinence | 661 | ||
| Factors contributing to incontinence | 662 | ||
| Medical management | 663 | ||
| Assessment | 666 | ||
| Planning care strategies for promoting continence: an overview | 666 | ||
| Managing symptoms related to conditions that exacerbate incontinence | 670 | ||
| Referring patients | 671 | ||
| Continence advisory services | 671 | ||
| Aids and equipment | 671 | ||
| Long-term catheterisation | 672 | ||
| Relationships - expressing sexuality | 672 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 673 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 673 | ||
| References | 673 | ||
| Further Reading | 674 | ||
| Useful Websites | 674 | ||
| Chapter 25: Promoting sleep | 675 | ||
| Introduction | 675 | ||
| What is sleep? | 675 | ||
| Functions of sleep | 676 | ||
| Normal sleep | 677 | ||
| Common sleep disorders | 681 | ||
| The effects of sleep deprivation | 682 | ||
| Helping patients to sleep | 683 | ||
| Treatments for insomnia | 683 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 684 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 685 | ||
| References | 685 | ||
| Further Reading | 686 | ||
| Useful Websites | 686 | ||
| Section 3: Nursing specific patient groups | 687 | ||
| Chapter 26: Nursing the patient undergoing surgery | 689 | ||
| Introduction | 689 | ||
| Pre-surgical care | 690 | ||
| Informed decision making | 691 | ||
| Pre-operative preparation | 693 | ||
| Peri-operative safety | 700 | ||
| Postoperative care | 704 | ||
| Discharge planning | 715 | ||
| Rehabilitation | 716 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 716 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 716 | ||
| References | 716 | ||
| Further Reading | 720 | ||
| Useful Websites | 720 | ||
| Chapter 27: Nursing the patient who experiences trauma | 721 | ||
| Introduction | 721 | ||
| Trauma: epidemiology and the need for injury prevention | 722 | ||
| Mechanism of injury | 722 | ||
| Death following trauma | 722 | ||
| Disability | 723 | ||
| Pre-hospital care | 723 | ||
| Emergency Department | 723 | ||
| Definitive care | 728 | ||
| Psychological care | 729 | ||
| Organ and tissue donation following trauma death | 731 | ||
| Staff stress and grief | 731 | ||
| Medico-legal aspects of trauma care | 732 | ||
| Aggressive situations | 732 | ||
| Mass casualty trauma care: major incidents | 733 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 734 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 734 | ||
| References | 734 | ||
| Further Reading | 735 | ||
| Useful Websites | 735 | ||
| Chapter 28: Nursing the unconscious patient | 737 | ||
| Introduction | 737 | ||
| Anatomical and physiological basis for consciousness | 737 | ||
| States of impaired consciousness | 739 | ||
| Assessment of the nervous system | 741 | ||
| Causes of unconsciousness | 745 | ||
| Emergency care of the unconscious patient | 745 | ||
| Nursing management of the unconscious patient | 748 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 754 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 754 | ||
| References | 755 | ||
| Useful Websites | 756 | ||
| Chapter 29: Nursing the critically ill patient | 757 | ||
| Introduction | 757 | ||
| Patient safety | 758 | ||
| Meeting the Physical Needs of the Critically Ill Patient | 758 | ||
| Respiratory needs and care | 758 | ||
| Cardiovascular care | 762 | ||
| Renal care and fluid balance | 763 | ||
| Neurological care | 765 | ||
| Sedation and pain management | 767 | ||
| Nutritional and gastrointestinal care | 768 | ||
| Hygiene, mobility and wound care | 769 | ||
| Meeting the psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs of the critically ill patient | 770 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 771 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 771 | ||
| References | 771 | ||
| Further Reading | 772 | ||
| Useful Websites | 772 | ||
| Chapter 30: Nursing the patient with burn injury | 773 | ||
| Introduction | 773 | ||
| Prevention of burn injuries | 773 | ||
| First aid treatment of burns | 774 | ||
| Assessing the severity of burn injuries | 775 | ||
| The patient with extensive burns | 779 | ||
| The burn wound | 782 | ||
| Psychological effects of burn injuries | 785 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 786 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 786 | ||
| References | 786 | ||
| Further Reading | 787 | ||
| Useful Websites | 787 | ||
| Chapter 31: Nursing the patient with cancer | 789 | ||
| Introduction | 789 | ||
| Medical intervention and the nurse's role | 797 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 819 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 819 | ||
| References | 819 | ||
| Further Reading | 821 | ||
| Useful Websites | 822 | ||
| Chapter 32: Care and rehabilitation of people with long-term conditions | 823 | ||
| Introduction | 823 | ||
| What is a long-term condition? | 823 | ||
| Social perceptions of long-term conditions and disability | 825 | ||
| How prevalent are long-term conditions and disability? | 826 | ||
| Features of living with long-term conditions | 828 | ||
| Applying the Roper-Logan-Tierney model using the nursing process | 843 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 846 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 847 | ||
| References | 847 | ||
| Further Reading | 849 | ||
| Useful Websites | 849 | ||
| Chapter 33: Nursing patients who need palliative care | 851 | ||
| Introduction | 851 | ||
| What is palliative care? | 851 | ||
| The palliative care approach in practice | 854 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 866 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 866 | ||
| References | 866 | ||
| Further Reading | 867 | ||
| Useful Websites | 868 | ||
| Chapter 34: Nursing older adults | 869 | ||
| Introduction | 869 | ||
| What happens when we age? | 870 | ||
| Working with older people | 871 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 879 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 879 | ||
| References | 879 | ||
| Further Reading | 881 | ||
| Useful Websites | 881 | ||
| Chapter 35: Nursing patients with sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS | 883 | ||
| Introduction | 883 | ||
| Parasitical infections | 885 | ||
| Bacterial sexually acquired infection | 887 | ||
| Viral sexually acquired infections | 891 | ||
| Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) | 896 | ||
| Summary: Key Nursing Issues | 907 | ||
| Reflection and Learning - What Next? | 908 | ||
| References | 908 | ||
| Further Reading | 910 | ||
| Useful Websites and Helpline | 910 | ||
| Appendix – normal values | 911 | ||
| Notes on International system of units/Système International (SI) units | 911 | ||
| Reference ranges | 912 | ||
| Glossary | 917 | ||
| Reference | 928 | ||
| Index | 929 |