Critical care units are high-risk areas which contribute to increased health care costs and increased patient morbidity and mortality. Patients in critical care units are commonly confronted with existing and the potential to develop infections. Critical care practitioners play a crucial role as initial providers to critically ill patients with infections through the delivery of timely and appropriate therapies aimed to prevent and treat patient infections. The responsibility of critical care practitioners include prudent delivery of care to treat current infections as well as ensuring the delivery of care does not increase the development of new infections. Aggressive infection control measures are needed to reduce infections in critical care settings. Dissemination of scholarly work on the topic of infection in critically ill patients can play a role in improving patient outcomes. The information provided on infections in this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics promotes the dissemination of current literature on a series of timely and relevant infection topics in critical care environments.
By:
Todd Tartavoulle (LSU School of Nursing New Orleans LA), Jennifer Manning Imprint: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division Country of Publication: United States Volume: 29-1 Dimensions:
Height: 231mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 360g ISBN:9780323477376 ISBN 10: 0323477372 Series:The Clinics: Nursing Publication Date:10 February 2017 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active