Clinical Wisdom and Interventions in Acute and Critical Care: A Thinking-in-Action Approach

by Benner, Patricia, RN, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780826105738
• ISBN10: 0826105734
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-01
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

A classic research-based text in nursing practice and education, this newly revised second edition explains, through first-hand accounts of the hard-earned experiential wisdom of expert nurses, the clinical reasoning skills necessary for top-tier nursing in acute and critical settings. It provides not only the most current knowledge and practice innovations, but also reflects the authors' vast experience using the first edition in practice and educational settings.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Foreword II	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Abbreviations	p. xxi
Thinking-in-Action and Reasoning-in-Transition: An Overview	p. 1
Clinical Grasp and Clinical Inquiry: Problem Identification and Clinical Problem Solving	p. 27
Clinical Imagination and Clinical Forethought: Anticipating and Preventing Potential Problems	p. 67
Diagnosing and Managing Life-Sustaining Physiologic Functions in Acutely Ill and Unstable Patients	p. 87
The Skilled Know-How of Managing a Crisis	p. 169
Providing Comfort Measures for the Critically and Acutely Ill	p. 215
Caring for Patients' Families	p. 267
Preventing Hazards in a Technological Environment	p. 301
Facing Death: End-of-Life Care and Decision Making	p. 337
Making a Case: Communicating Clinical Assessments and Improving Teamwork	p. 379
Patient Safety: Monitoring Quality, Preventing and Managing Practice Breakdown	p. 409
The Skilled Know-How of Clinical and Moral Leadership and the Coaching and Mentoring of Others	p. 449
Educational Strategies and Implications	p. 525
Appendix	p. 549
Glossary	p. 555
Index	p. 559
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