Principles of Acute Care Nursing
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Key features:
- Adopts a patient-centred approach that considers the full context of care, the patient’s own view and psycho-social needs
- Blends the underlying science of health and illness with practical application
- Contains activities, case studies, illustrations and figures to support a wide range of learning styles
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Sarah McGloin PhD RN SFHEA Following a number of years working on a regional neurosurgical, burns and general critical care unit, Sarah moved into nurse education where she held a number of roles including Course lead for Critical Care and Advanced Clinical Practice. During this time, she completed her PhD which explored critically ill patients’ reconstructive memories of critical care and nurses’ understanding and response to these. Sarah is now the Head of Grants and Impact at the RCN Foundation which is an independent nursing charity which supports all nurses, midwives and healthcare support workers through its grant-making activities.
Alice Skull MSc Interprofessional Practice Health and Social Care, BSc (Hons) Health Studies, DipHE Registered Nurse Adult, PGDip Learning & Teaching. Alice is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing and Course Leader for the Registered Nurse adult apprenticeship at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), with over 17 years’ experience in practice, theory and education at postgraduate and undergraduate level. Alice began her nursing career in 1996, working in cardiac care and medical nursing. This interest in cardiac nursing has continued through leadership of the post registration cardiac care module, along with the development of a wide range of knowledge and experience in acute care. Alice is particularly interested in workforce development through the nursing apprenticeship route and pastoral care of nursing students.
