TY - BOOK AU - Maxfield, M AU - Parker, M [1974-] TI - Placement learning in medical nursing : a guide for students in practice SN - 9780702043024 PY - 2012/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Bailliere Tindall/Elsevier Ltd. KW - Education and Training N1 - Medical nursing in context -- Medical placements -- Preparation for placement learning -- The patient journey within medical placements -- Nursing practice : admission and beyond -- Assessment of risk and the medical patient -- Assessment of vital signs and changes in health status -- Communication within medical placements -- Nutrition and effective elimination -- Medicines management -- Medical investigations and medical day care -- The end of the journey : discharge from hospital and the experience of death -- Case study of a patient with heart failure -- Case study of a patient who has been diagnosed HIV positive / Brian Thornton -- Case study of a patient with tuberculosis / Maria Mercer -- Case study of a patient living with diabetes mellitus / Anne Claydon -- Revision and future learning ER -