Critical Care Manual of Clinical Procedures and Competencies

Ms Annette Richardson, RN, Bsc (Hons) Nursing Science, MBA Nurse Consultant Critical Care, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Board Member of British Association of Critical Care Nurses Has twenty years clinical critical care experience. Has contributed to a number of critical care and patient safety strategies for the NPSA, World Health Organisation and the Department of Health. Was elected to the British Association of Critical Care Nurses National Board in 2002 and is on the editorial board for the Journal Nursing in Critical Care. In 2006 was delighted to be awarded winner of a 'Nursing Times' award in the category 'Back to Basics' for the clinical work to promote sleep for critical care patients. John Albarran has 30 years experience as a practitioner, educator and researcher. During this time he has served on the British Association of Critical Care Nurses, European Federation of Critical Care Nursing Associations (EfCCNa) and was a founder member of the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses. Dr Albarran has published widely including a number of textbooks. He co-edits Nursing in Critical Care and has been awarded two nurse fellowships from the European Society of Cardiology and EfCCNa for outstanding and distinctive contributions to cardiac and critical care nursing. Jane Mallett, Consultant in Health Care Development Dr Jane Mallett trained at Guy's Hospital, London in 1980. Since that time she has worked as a practitioner, and has had lead roles in education, research and practice development. Dr Mallett also jointly edited three editions of The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual for Clinical Nursing Procedures (1992, 1996 and 2000) and The Royal Marsden Hospital Handbook of Wound Management in Cancer Care. More recently she has been joint consultancy lead for the development of the national Essence of Care 2010. She has a BSc in Human Biology, MSc in Social Research Methods and PhD in Nursing.

List of contributors

Foreword by Julian Bion

Foreword by Ged Williams

Preface

List of abbreviations

Chapter 1 Scope and delivery of evidence-based care
John W. Albarran and Annette Richardson

Chapter 2 Competency-based practice
Julie Scholes, Jo Richmond and Jane Mallett

Chapter 3 Recognizing and managing the critically ill and ‘at risk’ patient on a ward
Mandy Odell

Chapter 4 Admitting a critically ill patient
Vanessa Gibson and Karen Hill

Chapter 5 Assessment, monitoring and interventions for the respiratory system
Maureen Coombs, Judy Dyos, David Waters and Ian Nesbitt

Chapter 6 Monitoring of the cardiovascular system: insertion and assessment
Alan T. Platt, Sarah Conolly and Jonathan Round

Chapter 7 Titration of inotropes and vasopressors
Kirsty Rutledge

Chapter 8 Assessment and support of hydration and nutrition status and care
Kirsty Rutledge and Ian Nesbitt

Chapter 9 Continuous renal replacement therapies: assessment, monitoring and care
Annette Richardson and Jayne Whatmore

Chapter 10 Assessment and monitoring of analgesia, sedation, delirium and neuromuscular blockade levels and care
Phil Laws and Nicola Rudall

Chapter 11 Assessment and monitoring of neurological status
Margaret A. Douglas and Sarah E.C. Platt

Chapter 12 Assessment and care of tissue viability, and mouth and eye hygiene needs
Philip Woodrow, Judy Elliott and Pauline Beldon

Chapter 13 Assessment of sleep and sleep promotion
Annette Richardson, Micheala Allsop and Elaine Coghill

Chapter 14 Physical mobility and exercise interventions for critically ill patients
D.J. McWilliams and Amanda Thomas

Chapter 15 Transfer of the critically ill patient
Andrew Baker and Simon M. Whiteley

Chapter 16 Rehabilitation from critical illness
Catherine I. Plowright and Christina Jones

Chapter 17 Withdrawal of treatment and end of life care for the critically ill patient
Natalie A. Pattison

Chapter 18 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Jackie S. Younker and Jasmeet Soar

References and further reading

Useful websites

Index