Introduction to Critical Care Nursing: A Comprehensive Guide

By Sara Jane White and Desiree Tait, this book provides a much-needed introduction to the complex field of critical care nursing for undergraduate and postgraduate students. It covers the essential aspects of critical care nursing, asking students to consider the biopsychosocial triggers of critical illness and walking them through a number of different patient scenarios.

Reacting to the Francis Report and other inquiries into standards of care, Tait and White’s humanising approach to critical care places equal emphasis on the head, hand, and heart knowledge; evidence, technical, and ethical. The book’s depth of clinical knowledge is built and cemented through extended case studies of critically ill patients with a variety of needs.

This breadth, along with the authors’ unique approach, prepares students for courses and assignments in critical care, as well as preparing critical care nurses for clinical decision-making and practice. A must-have for anyone studying or working in critical care nursing.

Key Features

• Provides a comprehensive introduction to critical care nursing for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Covers essential aspects of critical care nursing, including biopsychosocial triggers of critical illness and patient scenarios.
• Emphasizes head, hand, and heart knowledge; evidence, technical, and ethical aspects of critical care.
• Includes extended case studies of critically ill patients with a variety of needs.
• Prepares students for courses and assignments in critical care and prepares critical care nurses for clinical decision-making and practice.

About the Authors

Sara Jane White and Desiree Tait are experienced professionals in the field of critical care nursing. They have extensive knowledge and expertise in providing high-quality patient care and educating future generations of critical care nurses.

Publication Details

Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 1st edition, December 10, 2018. Language: English. Screen Reader: Supported. Sticky notes: On Kindle Scribe.