Nurses must deliver up to date clinically effective evidence based care across a range of settings and develop nursing services to meet changing demands The revised and expanded Oxford Handbook of Trauma and Orthopaedic Nursing 2nd edition is tailored to provide the essential knowledge nurses need; at their fingertips when they need it This handbook will guide the reader systematically through the care of patients with a wide range of musculoskeletal problems Each chapter contains the up to date evidence based guidelines covering a continuum from birth to death covering everything from emergency care rehabilitation discharge and end of life care It now includes new topics such as pharmacological alternatives to blood transfusion disability and enabling environments hip articulations and health promotion Providing key summaries of common problems and essential issues it will provide both an invaluable reference for trauma and orthopaedic nurses as well as a precise targeted guide for nurses from other specialties caring for patients with musculoskeletal problems
