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9780812215366

Critical Care Nursing

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  • ISBN13:

    9780812215366

  • ISBN10:

    0812215362

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Summary

"Recommended reading for those in health care and policy-making."--Philadelphia InquirerCritical Care Nursing traces the evolution of critical care nursing from battlefields and the hospital recovery rooms of earlier decades to the modern units of today. It also discusses the social, political, and economic factors that have led to its growth. Combining archival sources with personal interviews,Critical Care Nursing reveals the important place critical care occupies in America's complex health care delivery system and the crucial role specialized nursing plays in the shaping and delivery of that care.

Author Biography

Julie Fairman is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Joan E. Lynaugh is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Gladys M. Campbell
Barbara Siebelt
Acknowledgments ix
Inventing Critical Care Nursing
1(21)
Hospitals in Transition
22(22)
Nursing in Transition
44(26)
Negotiating New Roles
70(23)
From General-Duty Nurse to Specialist
93(19)
At Century's End
112(7)
List of Abbreviations 119(2)
Notes 121(28)
References 149(18)
Index 167

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