Clinical Reasoning

Tracy Levett-Jones is a Distinguished Professor and Head of School in the School of Nursing & Midwifery at the University of Technology Sydney. Her program of research focuses on patient safety, empathy, belongingness, clinical reasoning, and simulation.

Chapter 1 Clinical reasoning: What it is and why it matters
Chapter 2 Caring for a person experiencing an adverse drug reaction
Chapter 3 Caring for a person with fluid and electrolyte imbalance
Chapter 4 Caring for a person experiencing pain
Chapter 5 Caring for a child with type 1 diabetes
Chapter 6 Caring for a person experiencing respiratory distress and hypoxia
Chapter 7 Caring for a person with a cardiac condition
Chapter 8 Caring for a person with an acquired brain injury
Chapter 9 Caring for a person receiving blood component therapies
Chapter 10 Caring for a person with sepsis
Chapter 11 Caring for a person with substance dependence and complex post-traumatic distress syndrome
Chapter 12 Caring for a person with Parkinson's disease
Chapter 13 Caring for a person experiencing an acute psychotic episode
Chapter 14 Caring for an older person with altered cognition
Chapter 15 Caring for a young person with a disability
Chapter 16 Caring for a person requiring palliative care
Chapter 17 Caring for a person who is refusing treatment

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