Tait and White provide a much-needed introduction to the complex field
of critical care nursing for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Covering the essential aspects of critical care nursing, students are
asked to consider the biopsychosocial triggers of critical illness, and
are walked 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 author's 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.