The Advanced Practitioner in Acute, Emergency and Critical Care: A Comprehensive Guide

Written by experienced advanced practitioners and academics, this formative text is specifically designed for trainee and newly-qualified Advanced Practitioners specializing in acute, emergency, and critical care. Aligned with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) regulatory body requirements, this textbook covers a range of essential topics.

Key Topics Covered

• Complex Decision Making: delve into legal and ethical frameworks, patient safety, communication skills, breaking bad news, and end of life care.
• understand radiology, principles of point of care ultrasound (PoCUS), laboratory tests, and prescribing.
• learn about advanced resuscitation skills, shock, intra- and inter-hospital transfers, and organ donation.
• develop your history taking, physical examination, and consultation models.

This comprehensive textbook utilizes a multi-professional and inclusive framework of advanced level practice, making it an essential resource for all trainee and newly-qualified advanced practitioners. The text also serves as an excellent classroom aid for lecturers teaching advanced practice courses.

Learning Support Features: accreditation considerations boxes, clinical investigations, examination scenarios, pharmacology boxes, pathological and psychological considerations, social and cultural considerations, case studies, self-assessment questions, and more.

Publisher: Wiley

Publication Date: November 2, 2023

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9781119908289

ISBN-13: 9781119908296