High Dependency Nursing Care: Observation, Intervention and Support for Level 2 Patients

Written by nurses experienced in providing, supporting and developing high dependency care, High Dependency Nursing Care discusses practical issues and explores the current evidence base for clinical practice. Completely updated throughout, this second edition also includes new chapters on infection control, heart failure, tissue removal and transferring the sicker patient.

Author: Tina Moore, Philip Woodrow
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 06/08/2009
Pages: 504
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9780415467940

About the Author

Tina Moore is a Senior Lecturer in Acute and High Dependency Care at Middlesex University, London.

Philip Woodrow is a Practice Development Nurse in Critical Care at the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust, where he delivers a six-day course for ward staff caring for level 2 (highly dependent) patients. He is also the author of Intensive Care Nursing: A Framework for Practice, 2^nd edition (Routledge, 2006).