Cutler / Robson Critical Care Outreach

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-470-02912-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten, E-Book

Following the publication of the department of health document -Comprehensive Critical Care (2000), the majority of hospitals inEngland have set up Critical Care Outreach Teams. The Governmentprovided a significant sum of money for hospitals to set upoutreach services. There are now calls for an evaluation of theirimpact. The book is set out in five key sections. Each sectionfeatures chapters that address the conceptual and real life issues.In each section there is a chapter, set out as a case studyexample, demonstrating how innovative practices and servicedevelopments are going on around critical care outreach. The bookwill draw upon the knowledge, experience and clinical expertise ofsenior critical care nurses and doctors from a critical carenetwork. The book will have a definite practical application andwill provide tips to enhance practice.
* Chapters contain useful 'how to' guides, prompts for criticalthinking and case studies.
* Very little has previously been published on this topic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cutler, Lee

Robson, Wayne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.
Part I: The Evolution of Critical Care Outreach.
1. The Origins of critical care outreach DerekBainbridge.
2. Designing an Outreach Service David Wood.
Audit Case Study: Scoring all observations compared with scoringon concern David Wood.
Part II: Clinical Practice in Critical Care Outreach.
3. The Initial Assessing and Care of the'At Risk Patient' Jeremy Groves, Jayne Tague &Lee Cutler.
4. Specific Clinical Problems Lee Cutler, ElaineShaw & David Wood.
Chapter 5. Sharing Critical Care Skills Kathryn Warren, RinkyIngles & Lee Cutler.
Case study: Use of a clinical simulator Lee Cutler &Judith Cutler.
6. Role Expansion and the Critical Care Outreach Nurse LeeCutler & Denise Honour.
Expanding the role of the nurse in Critical Care Outreach: ACase study Elaine Shaw.
Part III: Continuity of Care for the Critically Ill.
7. Transfering patients from critical care to the ward WayneRobson.
8. Critical care follow up Kate Bray.
9. Patient Diaries Wayne Robson, Gayle Wheeldon, DenisePenny.
Part IV: Managing and Supporting OutreachPractitioners.
10. Establishing and Managing a Critical Care Outreach Team: APractical Approach Alex Larkin.
Case study: The role of the physiotherapist in the critical careoutreach team Alex Larkin.
11. The Learning Needs of Critical Care Outreach PractitionersLee Cutler.
Part V: Developing and Evaluating Critical CareOutreach.
12. Managing Change in Critical Care Outreach: A Toolkit forPractice Nicola Platts & Sue Shepherd.
13. Evaluation of Critical Care Outreach: Are the Resources forOutreach Justified? Paul Whitting & David Edbrooke.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Lee Cutler, Nurse Consultant Critical Care, Doncaster RoyalInfirmary
Wayne Robson, Nurse Consultant Critical Care, RoyalHospital