Clinical Wisdom and Interventions in Critical Care: A Thinking-In-action Approach [Paperback]

Patricia Benner PhD RN FAAN (Author), Patricia Hooper-Kyriakidis PhD RN (Author), Daphne Stannard PhD RN (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0721675115 | ISBN-13: 978-0721675114 | Publication Date: January 15, 1999 | Edition: 1st

This brilliant work examines how expert critical care nurses use scientific knowledge, professional experience, and a careful attention to each patient's changing condition to provide excellent nursing care. Based on descriptive interviews and observational studies of 205 nurses, it helps readers at all levels develop the critical-thinking, reasoning, judgment, and intervention skills they need to become superior critical-care nurses.

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About the Author

Patricia Benner, PhD, RN, FAAN, Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA; Patricia Hooper-Kyriakidis, PhD, RN, Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA; Daphne Stannard, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 588 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 1st edition (January 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721675115
• ISBN-13: 978-0721675114
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,344,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful reference book, May 9, 2001

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Jennifer Salabsky - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clinical Wisdom and Interventions in Critical Care: A Thinking-In-action Approach (Paperback)

I bought this book as a registered nurse that is fairly new to the critical care field, and the first night I had it, it came in handy. By reading a few pages before going to work about being a "detective" to find out the cause of changes in a pt's condition, I was able to avert a more serious complication. I enjoyed the narrative descriptions by nurses in various settings of the critical care field, how the situations were handled, and how they could have improved them. I highly recommend this book not only for the veteran nurse, but for all the new nurses out there!! It will better your thinking skills, and improve your care overall!!