The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations. Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a doublepage spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text. Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.

Everything you need to know about Respiratory Nursing… at a Glance!

From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series, and in collaboration with the Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists (ARNS), comes this easy-to-read, highly visual guide bringing together key principles of respiratory nursing. Highly visual, each topic is covered in a two-page spread, making it easy to quickly read up on key information and grasp the essentials of respiratory care, as well as focus on preventative measures to prevent, minimize and control respiratory disease.

• Covers a wide range of topics, including assessment and diagnosis, respiratory health, medication, communication, models and management of care, acute and chronic care, and common respiratory diseases
• Takes a unique, holistic approach to care across the life course – from childhood to end of life care.
• Provides need-to-know information in a highly visual, evidence-based, quick-reference format.

Respiratory Nursing at a Glance is ideal for nurses and health care students and practitioners at all levels involved in respiratory care.

This text presents information on respiratory conditions in a succinct manner, beginning with an overview of the historical context of respiratory nursing and moving on to discuss anatomy and physiology, epidemiology, exercise, nutrition and pulmonary rehabilitation.There are two particularly good chapters that summarise history-taking and physical assessment, which are skills that nurses are increasingly
expected to have……The book has a strong nursing focus and provides an excellent overview of the topic. It would be suitable for newly-qualified staff and those with more experience, such as clinical nurse specialists and ward managers. (Nursing Standard- December 2016)

Contents

Part 1 The context of respiratory nursing
Part 2 Respiratory health
Part 3 Assessment and diagnosis of respiratory disease
Part 4 Respiratory diseases
Part 5 Models of care
Part 6 Respiratory medication
Part 7 Acute care of the respiratory patient
Part 8 Supportive and palliative care