Critical Care Nursing: the Humanised Approach

Desi Tait is senior lecturer and Year leader for BSc Nursing in the Faculty for Health and Social Care at Bournemouth University. Desi has over 30 years experience in the practice, theory and education of adult acute and critical care nursing and facilitates critical care education at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. She has a particular interest in the use of blended learning strategies in critical care undergraduate education and is involved in developing and evaluating innovative ways to facilitate student learning by adopting a practice based approach to education. Desi completed her doctorate in the study of nurses’ experience of recognizing and managing clinical deterioration in patients in hospital in 2009 and this continues to be an area of clinical interest.

Adopted as a recommendated text for the Critical Care Course. The Libarian ordered some copies for each campus

• Humanising Care and Clinical Decision Making in Critical Care - Sara White and Desiree TaitWhat Triggers critical Illness? - Desiree Tait and Sara WhiteRespiratory Failure - Sara White and Fleur LoweHaemodynamic Instability - Jonathan Branney and Debbie BranneyCardiac Failure - Sara White and Fleur LoweAcute Kidney Injury - Desiree TaitGastrointestinal Disorder - Sara White and Fleur LoweEndocrine disorder - Sara White and Fleur LoweNeurological damage - Sara White and Fleur LoweLegal and ethical issues in Critical care - Mark Gagan and Desiree TaitThe impact of critical illness on recovery and rehabilitation - Sara White and Desiree Tait