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Navigating the ICU: A Guide for Patients and Families
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Edition:
- 1st
- Author:
- Gottsch, Alex
- Publisher:
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
- ISBN:
- 978-1-97-519138-2
- Doody Core Title Score:
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Written in a straightforward, readable, and highly informative style, Navigating the ICU: A Guide for Patients and Families is a compact, affordable guide to today’s intensive care unit.
This unique, patient-focused handbook is designed to help patients and their families navigate the complexities of the ICU—from the role of each member of staff, to common procedures, medications, and laboratory tests, to what to expect after the hospital stay. Author and ICU nurse Alex Gottsch concisely explains the ICU experience and provides accessible answers to common questions asked by patients and families.
This unique, patient-focused handbook is designed to help patients and their families navigate the complexities of the ICU—from the role of each member of staff, to common procedures, medications, and laboratory tests, to what to expect after the hospital stay. Author and ICU nurse Alex Gottsch concisely explains the ICU experience and provides accessible answers to common questions asked by patients and families.
- Provides a single, accessible resource for patients and families in the high-stress setting of the ICU, where life-changing decisions often need to be made rapidly in an unfamiliar and intimidating environment
- Improves communication between patients, families, and health care providers by educating families about how the ICU works, what questions to ask, and how to advocate for themselves and family members
- Guides you through the ins and outs of the ICU experience with an intuitive, easy-to-use table of contents
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- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Gottsch, Alex
- ISBN:
- 978-1-97-519138-2
- Specialty:
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- Emergency Medicine & Trauma
- Critical Care Medicine
- Critical Care
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st
- Pages:
- 250
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Doody Core Title Score:
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