Clinical wisdom and interventions in critical care : a thinking-in-action approach /
Benner, Patricia.
Clinical wisdom and interventions in critical care : a thinking-in-action approach / Patricia Benner, Patricia Lee Hooper-Kyriakidis, Daphne Stannard. - London : W. B. Saunders, 1998. - 512p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
1.Thinking-in-action and reasoning-in-transition: an overview -- 2.Clinical grasp and clinical inquiry: problem identificatio and clinical problem solving -- 3.Clinical forethought: anticipating and preventing potential problems -- 4.Diagnosing and managing life-sustaining physiologic functions in unstable patients -- 5.The skilled know-how of managing a crisis -- 6.Providing comfort measures for the critically ill -- 7.Caring for patients\' families -- 8.Preventing hazards in a technological enviromnet -- 9.Facing death: end-of-life care and decision making -- 10.Communicating multiple clinical, ethical, and practical perspectives -- 11.Monitoring quality and managing breakdown -- 12.The skilled know-how of cliical leadership and the coaching and mentoring of others.
Based on descriptive interviews and observational studies the authors examine how expert critical care nurses use scientific knowledge, professional experience, and a careful attention to each patient's changing condition to provide the best care.
9780721675114 (pbk.) : No price 0721675115 �36.96
98012040
Helping behavior.
Caring.
Clinical competence.
Nursing--Decision making
Intensive care nursing.
Terminal care nursing
Intensive care nursing
Accident & emergency nursing
Accident & emergency medicine
Pain & pain management
Medical ethics & professional conduct
Health and Wellbeing.
Nursing Care--methods
Critical Care--methods
610.7361 BEN
Clinical wisdom and interventions in critical care : a thinking-in-action approach / Patricia Benner, Patricia Lee Hooper-Kyriakidis, Daphne Stannard. - London : W. B. Saunders, 1998. - 512p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
1.Thinking-in-action and reasoning-in-transition: an overview -- 2.Clinical grasp and clinical inquiry: problem identificatio and clinical problem solving -- 3.Clinical forethought: anticipating and preventing potential problems -- 4.Diagnosing and managing life-sustaining physiologic functions in unstable patients -- 5.The skilled know-how of managing a crisis -- 6.Providing comfort measures for the critically ill -- 7.Caring for patients\' families -- 8.Preventing hazards in a technological enviromnet -- 9.Facing death: end-of-life care and decision making -- 10.Communicating multiple clinical, ethical, and practical perspectives -- 11.Monitoring quality and managing breakdown -- 12.The skilled know-how of cliical leadership and the coaching and mentoring of others.
Based on descriptive interviews and observational studies the authors examine how expert critical care nurses use scientific knowledge, professional experience, and a careful attention to each patient's changing condition to provide the best care.
9780721675114 (pbk.) : No price 0721675115 �36.96
98012040
Helping behavior.
Caring.
Clinical competence.
Nursing--Decision making
Intensive care nursing.
Terminal care nursing
Intensive care nursing
Accident & emergency nursing
Accident & emergency medicine
Pain & pain management
Medical ethics & professional conduct
Health and Wellbeing.
Nursing Care--methods
Critical Care--methods
610.7361 BEN