Orthopaedic and trauma nursing : an evidence-based approach to musculoskeletal care

Clarke, Sonya, (editor.). Santy-Tomlinson, Julie, 1961- (editor.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781118438855
ISBN: 111843885X
Physical Description: print
xvi, 344 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

An introduction to orthopaedic and trauma care / Julie Santy-Tomlinson and Sonya Clarke -- The knowledge and evidence base for practice / Mark Limb and Peter Davis -- Professional development, competence and education / Mary Drozd and Sinead Hassey -- The musculoskeletal system and human movement / Lynne Newton-Triggs and Jean Rogers -- The team approach and nursing roles in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma care / Brain Lucas and Sandra Flynn -- Rehabilitation and the orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma patient / Rebecca Jester -- Clinical assessment of the orthopaedic and trauma patient / Rebecca Jester -- Key musculoskeletal interventions / Lynne Newton-Triggs, Hannah Pugh, Jean Rogers and Anna Timms -- The complications of musculoskeletal conditions and trauma / Julie Santy-Tomlinson, Sonya Clarke and Peter Davis -- Nutrition and hydration / Rosemary Masterson -- Pain assessment and management in orthopaedic and trauma care / Carolyn Mackintosh-Franklin -- Wound management, tissue viability, and infection / Jeannie Donnelley, Alison Collins and Julie Santy-Tomlinson -- Key conditions and principles of orthopaedic management / Elaine Wylie and Sonya Clarke -- Elective orthopaedic surgery / Brian Lucas, Mary Drozd, Sandra Flynn and Vanessa Blair -- Musculoskeletal oncology over the lifespan / Helen Stradling -- Principles of trauma care / Fiona Heaney and Julie Santy-Tomlinson -- Principles of fracture management / Sonya Clarke, Julie Santy-Tomlinson, Sinead MacDonald and Pamela Moore -- Fractures in the older person / Karen Hertz and Julie Santy-Tomlinson -- Spinal cord injury / Donna Poole and Pauline Robertson -- Soft tissue injury, peripheral nerve and brachial plexus injury / Beverley Wellington -- Key issues in caring for the child and young person with an orthopaedic or musculoskeletal trauma condition / Sonya Clarke and Lorna Liggett -- Common childhood orthopaedic conditions, their care and management / Julia Judd -- Fracture management in the infant, child and young person / Elizabeth Wright -- Key fractures relating to infant child and young person / Thelma Begley and Sonya Clarke.