Trauma Nursing: From Resuscitation Through Rehabilitation, Volume 777Saunders, 2002 - 881 pages This "classic" in it's field provides detailed instruction on how to respond during all phases in the cycle of trauma care: from resuscitation through the operative, critical, intermediate, and rehabilitation phases. Like the first two editions, this new edition utilizes this unique cycle of trauma framework to describe the science, current issues, trends, and controversies of trauma care. This format offers the reader an easy to follow organization of material describing the patient's therapeutic needs. Three new chapters address performance improvement in trauma care, injury prevention, and prehospital care of the trauma patient. New, relevant material has been added and content updated throughout to reflect current research-based findings. This text will serve as an excellent reference for the novice and experienced trauma nurse practicing in a variety of settings. - Comprehensive and in-depth coverage of trauma nursing issues. -- New chapter on performance improvement in trauma car |
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... nurse's breach of the professional duty of care . Punitive damages are monies awarded in excess of compensatory damages to punish the nurse for his or her conduct . Because there is this element of punishment , punitive damages are ...
... nurse and the patient , so they can only be used to justify the ethical . nature of direct patient contact types of nursing practice . Gastmans and colleagues agree that other kinds of nursing practice that do not involve a relationship ...
... nurse , on the other hand , perceives the situation without the aid of dependent and regressive eyes . The nurse often cannot tolerate a patient's level of dependency once there are physical signs that the patient's functioning can ...