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A Concise Guide to Management Development
The fourth part presents significant manifestations that occur in a variety of illness situations, in terms of physiological and psychological mechanisms that underlie them and give direction to nursing action. The fifth and final part consists of particular information related to the disease itself and its nursing management to supplement the common care knowledge of parts one through four. The text utilizes a multiple authorship in order to bring together the thinking of nurse experts in their fields from across the country. This approach results in variations in both style and differential emphasis on various aspects of the content. These variations allow the reader to develop the ability to utilize information presented from several vantage points and thereby increase the flexibility of her intellect.
Mary Ann Kohnke, RN Lake Charles, La
Intensive Care for Nurses, eds. Clarke, DB and Barnes, AD: Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Co, 1971, 192 pp, $4.50. This paperback book serves as a basic introduction to the complex subject of intensive care nursing. In chapters one and three the concept of intensive care nursing and coronary care nursing is discussed, with emphasis on the design and requirements of these units. Jn chapters two through seven the problems of circulation, respiration, fluid and electrolyte balance and renal function that are confronted in intensive care nursing are discussed. The principles are mechanisms of mechanical ventilators and dialysis techniques are explained in depth and are easily understood. The care of the unconscious patient i s discussed too briefly in chapter eight with the nursing care lacking in depth. The differences in nursing and medical problems that are specific to a pediatric intensive care unit are outlined in chapter nine.
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"The patient is a person,"
the title of
the last chapter, focuses on the psychological effects of the intensive care and coronary care units on the patient, and the appropriate nursing response to these effects. Unfortunately again, this subject was covered too briefly. In the introduction the authors noted that this was a "multiple-author book for nurses written entirely by doctors," as a "tribute to the unique status of the intensive care nurse." The product of these authors lacks the emphasis on total patient care, which is vital for every ICU nurse.
Lynda H. Carpenifo, RN Philadelphia, Pa
A Concise Guide to Management Development, Desatnick, RL: New York: American Management Assoc, Inc, 1970, 168 PP. Although this book i s business rather than hospital oriented, i t would be of interest to nurses at the head nurse, supervisor, or director level. It is easily understood and its ten chapters provide interesting and informative reading, especially to nurses who have some understanding 04 management by objectives, or those who want to know what management by objectives is all about. The ten chapters are: What management development is and what it is not; Why the emphasis on management development? A systems approach; Effective business planning; knowing what i s expected; Feedback of results; Individual action plans; Practical approaches; Begin where you; Minimum criteria for success; and Promotion decisions. The appendix contain many forms and examples that are helpful to the reader and the summaries at the end of each chapter are well done. This text i s a good source and reference book for nurse managers.
Sisfer Kane, RN St. Catharines, Ont
AORN Journal
Mary Ann Kohnke, RN Lake Charles, La
Intensive Care for Nurses, eds. Clarke, DB and Barnes, AD: Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Co, 1971, 192 pp, $4.50. This paperback book serves as a basic introduction to the complex subject of intensive care nursing. In chapters one and three the concept of intensive care nursing and coronary care nursing is discussed, with emphasis on the design and requirements of these units. Jn chapters two through seven the problems of circulation, respiration, fluid and electrolyte balance and renal function that are confronted in intensive care nursing are discussed. The principles are mechanisms of mechanical ventilators and dialysis techniques are explained in depth and are easily understood. The care of the unconscious patient i s discussed too briefly in chapter eight with the nursing care lacking in depth. The differences in nursing and medical problems that are specific to a pediatric intensive care unit are outlined in chapter nine.
1 Fin
"The patient is a person,"
the title of
the last chapter, focuses on the psychological effects of the intensive care and coronary care units on the patient, and the appropriate nursing response to these effects. Unfortunately again, this subject was covered too briefly. In the introduction the authors noted that this was a "multiple-author book for nurses written entirely by doctors," as a "tribute to the unique status of the intensive care nurse." The product of these authors lacks the emphasis on total patient care, which is vital for every ICU nurse.
Lynda H. Carpenifo, RN Philadelphia, Pa
A Concise Guide to Management Development, Desatnick, RL: New York: American Management Assoc, Inc, 1970, 168 PP. Although this book i s business rather than hospital oriented, i t would be of interest to nurses at the head nurse, supervisor, or director level. It is easily understood and its ten chapters provide interesting and informative reading, especially to nurses who have some understanding 04 management by objectives, or those who want to know what management by objectives is all about. The ten chapters are: What management development is and what it is not; Why the emphasis on management development? A systems approach; Effective business planning; knowing what i s expected; Feedback of results; Individual action plans; Practical approaches; Begin where you; Minimum criteria for success; and Promotion decisions. The appendix contain many forms and examples that are helpful to the reader and the summaries at the end of each chapter are well done. This text i s a good source and reference book for nurse managers.
Sisfer Kane, RN St. Catharines, Ont
AORN Journal