Up to 90 off textbooks at amazon canada plus free two day shipping for six months when you sign up for amazon prime for students. Nursing acutely ill patients early identification and management of oxygen therapy in deteriorating patients early identification of patients at risk of deterioration in a surgical ward we thought it important to undertake a needs assessment of the management of acutely and potentially critically ill patients the study design was interprofessional and consisted of a retrospective audit . Managing a deteriorating patient is not that complex but in a stressful situation nurses and nursing students can forget the key essentials this chapter describes essential steps and nursing actions in the recognition and management of a deteriorating patient in a hospital setting 1 recognising a deteriorating patient. Nursing acutely ill patients early identification and manage the patient until help arrives chapter 2 provides an overview of the use and monitoring of oxygen therapy in deteriorating patients acutely unwell patients frequently present with signs and symptoms of deterioration in their condition in the 24 hours preceding a critical event however these early warning signs are often missed . nursing acutely ill patients early identification and management of deterioration uploaded by irving wallace and managing acutely deteriorating hospital patients chapter 1 covers the key essentials to help you recognise when a hospital patient is acutely unwell and to initially manage the patient until help arrives chapter 2 provides