FACHPFLEGE Intensivpflege

Intensive Care and Medicine - for beginners and newcomers! Recently graduated? New to the intensive care unit or an intermediate care unit? Then specialized intensive care nursing is just right for you. Here you will find not only general and specialized intensive care but also the fundamentals of hygiene, pharmacology, as well as organ systems and their most important diseases and treatments: admission, handover, room check, transport, pain therapy, prophylaxis, communication, positioning, personal hygiene, nutrition and digestion, and of course wound care, ventilation methods and weaning, acute respiratory failure, sepsis, polytrauma, and shock.

In addition to the basics of anesthesia and work in the recovery room, a dedicated chapter on resuscitation is included. All topics are focused on intensive care without neglecting the medical aspects. The editors and authors, who are nurses and doctors, write from practice for practice. Ideal for practitioners (new staff in the intensive care unit or intermediate care unit) as well as participants in advanced training (specialized training in intensive and anesthesia nursing).

New in the 3rd edition: Sepsis completely revised, acid-base balance completely revised, fully updated and refreshed.