Table of Contents
About the series ix
Preface x
About the editors xii
Contributors xiii
How to get the best out of your textbook xviii
About the companion website xxi
Part 1: Common Principles Underlying Medical and Surgical Nursing Practice 1
Chapter 1 Principles of nursing assessment 2Naomi Elliott
Chapter 2 Principles of drug administration 12Sue Jordan
Chapter 3 Principles of intravenous therapy 26Lisa Dougherty
Chapter 4 Principles of nutritional care 44Carolyn Best and Helen Hitchings
Chapter 5 Principles of infection prevention and control 58Sile Creedon and Maura Smiddy
Chapter 6 Principles of acute care for older people 78Louise Daly, Debbie Tolson and Anna Ayton
Chapter 7 Principles of end of life care 90Kevin Connaire
Chapter 8 Principles of perioperative nursing 104Joy O'Neill, Bernie Pennington and Adele Nightingale
Chapter 9 Principles of high-dependency nursing 124Tina Day
Chapter 10 Principles of emergency nursing 142Valerie Small, Gabrielle Dunne and Catherine McCabe
Part 2: Adult Medical and Surgical Nursing 155
Chapter 11 Nursing care of conditions related to the skin 156Zena Moore and Julie Jordan O’Brien
Chapter 12 Nursing care of conditions related to the respiratory system 176Anne Marie Corroon and Geralyn Hynes
Chapter 13 Nursing care of conditions related to the circulatory system 210Kate Olson and Tracey Bowden
Chapter 14 Nursing care of conditions related to the digestive system 240Joanne Cleary-Holdforth and Therese Leufer
Chapter 15 Nursing care of conditions related to the urinary system 262Margaret McCann, Ciara White and Louisa Fleure
Chapter 16 Nursing care of conditions related to the endocrine system 298David Chaney and Anna Clarke
Chapter 17 Nursing care of conditions related to the neurological system 326Elaine Pierce and Mary E. Braine
Chapter 18 Nursing care of conditions related to the immune system 364Michael Coughlan and Mary Nevin
Chapter 19 Nursing care of conditions related to haematological disorders 386Mairead Ni Chonghaile and Laura O’Regan
Chapter 20 Nursing care of conditions related to the musculoskeletal system 422Sonya Clarke and Julia Kneale
Chapter 21 Nursing care of conditions related to the ear, nose, throat and eye 448Dympna Tuohy, Jane McCarthy, Carmel O’Sullivan and Niamh Hurley
Chapter 22 Nursing care of conditions related to reproductive health 478Debra Holloway and Louisa Fleure
Index 510