Clinical wisdom and interventions in acute and critical care : a thinking-in-action approach /
Patricia Benner, Patricia Hooper Kyriakidis, Daphne Stannard.
- 2nd ed.
- New York : Springer Pub., c2011.
- xxiii, 576 p. ; 26 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Clinical wisdom and interventions in critical care / Patricia Benner, Patricia Hooper-Kyriakidis, Daphne Stannard.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thinking-in-action and reasoning-in-transition : an overview -- Clinical grasp and clinical inquiry : problem identification and clinical problem solving -- Clinical imagination and clinical forethought : anticipating and preventing potential problems -- Diagnosing and managing life-sustaining physiologic functions in acutely ill and unstable patients -- The skilled know-how of managing a crisis -- Providing comfort measures for the critically and acutely ill -- Caring for patients' families -- Preventing hazards in a technological environment -- Facing death : end-of-life care and decision making -- Making a case : communicating clinical assessment and improving teamwork -- Patient safety : monitoring quality, preventing, and managing practice breakdown -- The skilled know-how of clinical and moral leadership and the coaching and mentoring of others -- Educational strategies and implications.