Rapid adult nursing [electronic resource] / Andrée le May.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rapid adult nursing -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Fundamentals of Nursing Care -- Adult nursing -- Assessment and monitoring -- Audit -- Continuing professional development -- Dignity -- Discharge planning -- Documentation -- Eating and drinking -- Evaluation -- Evidence-based practice -- Fundamentals of nursing care -- Health education and promotion -- Infection prevention and control -- Leadership -- Management -- Medicines management -- Moving and positioning -- Practice development -- Quality improvement -- Research -- Risk assessment and management -- Teamwork -- Wound management -- Part 2: Conditions -- Acute coronary syndromes -- Acute renal failure -- Anaemias -- Aneurysms -- Angina -- Appendicitis -- Arrhythmias -- Asthma -- Breast lumps -- Breathlessness -- Cancer -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Cataracts -- Cholecystitis -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Chronic renal failure -- Cirrhosis -- Coagulation disorders -- Constipation -- Coronary heart disease -- Crohn's disease -- Dementias -- Diabetes mellitus -- Diarrhoea -- Diverticular disease -- Eczema -- Encephalitis -- Endocrine disorders -- End-of-life care -- Epilepsy -- Fractures -- Gallstone disease -- Gastritis -- Gastroenteritis -- Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease -- Glaucoma -- Glomerulonephritis -- Gout -- Haemorrhoids -- Hearing loss -- Heart failure -- Hepatitis -- HIV -- Hypertension -- Hysterectomy -- Immunodeficiency -- Incontinence -- Jaundice -- Leukaemias -- Life support: advanced adult -- Life support: basic adult -- Lymphomas -- Macular degeneration -- Meningitis -- Multiple sclerosis -- Myopathies -- Nausea and vomiting -- Neutropenia -- Osteoarthritis -- Osteomyelitis -- Osteoporosis -- Pain and discomfort -- Pancreatitis -- Parkinson's disease -- Peptic ulceration -- Peripheral vascular disease -- Platelet disorders -- Pneumonia -- Post-operative care -- Pre- and intra-operative care -- Prostate gland disorders -- Psoriasis -- Raised intracranial pressure -- Respiratory failure -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Sepsis -- Shock -- Spinal cord compression -- Tension pneumothorax -- Tinnitus -- Tuberculosis -- Ulcerative colitis -- Urethritis -- Urinary calculi -- Urinary retention -- Urinary tract infections -- Vaginal discharge -- Valve disease -- Vascular disorders of the brain -- Venous thromboembolism -- References and Websites -- Index.

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Rapid Adult Nursing is an essential read for all adult nursing students, as well as a refresher for qualified adult nurses, and a dip into text for other healthcare professionals.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.