BookPatricia Benner, Patricia Hooper Kyriakidis, Daphne Stannard.
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. This updated edition includes new interviews from acute care, critical care, perioperative nurses, and more. Attention is paid to current IOM and nursing guidelines for systems approaches to patient safety, with education and leadership implications described throughout. It is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate nursing educators, students, administrators, and managers seeking to improve systems of care and leadership in clinical practice. - Publisher.
Contents:
Thinking-in-action and reasoning-in-transition : an overview
Clinical grasp and clinical inquiry : problem identification and clinical problem solving
Clinical imagination and clinical forethought : anticipating and preventing potential problems
Diagnosing and managing life-sustaining physiologic functions in acutely ill and unstable patients
The skilled know-how of managing a crisis
Providing comfort measures for the critically and acutely ill
Caring for patients' families
Preventing hazards in a technological environment
Facing death : end-of-life care and decision making
Making a case : communicating clinical assessment and improving teamwork
Patient safety : monitoring quality, preventing, and managing practice breakdown
The skilled know-how of clinical and moral leadership and the coaching and mentoring of others
Educational strategies and implications.
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