Buddy Nurse
- 1st Edition - October 30, 2020
- Author: Yangama Jokwiro
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 4 3 7 7 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 8 6 1 - 4
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Request a sales quote- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Introduction
- List of Illustrations
- Chapter 1. Preparation for the first clinical placement
- Key skills for the first placement
- Top ten tips for the first placement
- Environmental knowledge
- Client assessment
- Urinalysis
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Basic wound care
- Basic life support
- Risk assessments
- Infection control
- Admitting a client to a nursing unit
- Critical thinking exercise
- Chapter 2. Preparation for an acute placement
- Acute placement expectations
- Oxygen therapy
- Medication calculation and administration
- Blood results analysis
- Electrocardiogram (ECG) recording
- Venipuncture
- Comprehensive medical and surgical care
- Time planner
- Chapter 3. Preparation for a consolidation placement
- Checklist of final placement skills
- Responding to clinical emergencies
- Electrocardiography (ECG) analysis
- Blood gas analysis
- Chapter 4. Pathophysiology and pharmacology
- Pain management
- Management of hypertension
- Management of congestive heart failure
- Management of diabetes mellitus
- Management of embolism
- Management of asthma
- Management of COPD
- Management of stroke
- Management of heart disease
- Management of cancer
- Management of arthritis
- Management of acute renal failure
- Microbiology and antibiotics
- Pharmacology questions
- Pathophysiology questions
- Chapter 5. 100 common medications
- Acetylcysteine
- Acyclovir
- Allopurinol
- Amiodarone
- Amoxycillin
- Aspirin
- Atenolol
- Atorvastatin
- Carbamazepine
- Cephalexin
- Citalopram
- Clonazepam
- Clopidogrel
- Coloxyl with Senna
- Dabigatran
- Diazepam
- Digoxin
- Domperidone
- Duloxetine
- Enoxaparin sodium
- Esomeprazole
- Exenatide
- Flucloxacillin
- Frusemide
- Gabapentin
- Gliclazide
- Glyceryl trinitrate (GTN)
- Haloperidol
- Heparin
- Hydrochlorothiazide (HCT)
- Hydrocortisone
- Hyoscine
- Ibuprofen
- Ipratropium bromide
- Irbesartan
- Ketamine hydrochloride
- Ketorolac
- Lantus
- Loperamide
- Macrogol (Movicol)
- Metformin hydrochloride
- Metoclopramide hydrochloride
- Metoprolol
- Metronidazole
- Mixtard (insulin neutral; insulin isophane)
- Morphine sulphate
- Mylanta/Gaviscon
- Nicorandil
- NSAIDs
- Olanzapine
- Omeprazole
- Ondansetron
- Ostelin
- Oxycodone hydrochloride
- Pantoprazole
- Paracetamol
- Perindopril
- Phenytoin
- Phytomenadione
- Piperacillin/tazobactam
- Prednisolone
- Pregabalin
- Prochlorperazine
- Promethazine
- Protaphane (insulin isophane)
- Quetiapine
- Ramipril
- Ranitidine
- Risperidone
- Rivaroxaban
- Salbutamol
- Sertraline
- Simvastatin
- Sodium valproate
- Sotalol
- Spironolactone
- Tapentadol
- Targin
- Temazepam
- Thyroxine sodium
- Ticarcillin/clavulanic acid
- Tramadol
- Trimethoprim
- Vancomycin
- Verapamil
- Warfarin
- Zolpidem
- Antihypertensive drugs summary
- Asthma/COPD treatment summary
- Equianalgesic doses
- Heart failure pharmacological treatment summary
- Antihyperglycaemic therapy summary
- Insulin therapy summary
- Chapter 6. Common abbreviations
- Chapter 7. Academic writing
- The academic essay
- Responding to a case study
- Compiling an annotated bibliography
- Writing a research proposal
- Literature review and PICO studies
- PICO questions
- Types of research papers
- Example of a research essay
- Chapter 8. Applying for jobs
- Graduate programs
- Learning about your future organisation
- Developing a relationship
- Tailoring your training and compiling a portfolio
- Cover letter and résumé
- Nursing behavioural job interview questions
- International students and part-time work
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 30, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780729543774
- eBook ISBN: 9780729588614
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Yangama Jokwiro
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Rural Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Australia