Clinical Practice in Respiratory Care

By James B. Fink

tart your students off with everything they need This practical introduction to the clinical practice of respiratory care presents thorough yet concise coverage of all the essentials. Based on explanation and application of the AARC's latest Clinical Practice Guidelines, the text provides the most current information available. Numerous objectives, examples, cases and problems offer the reader many opportunities for goal-setting, critical thinking and self-assessment. The glossaries and list of references promote further study. All students in the field of respiratory care will benefit from this comprehensive, reliable guide

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0397550936
• ISBN13: 9780397550937
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 1.3" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Wish this was our textbook when I was a student!

This is the greatest respiratory care textbook ever written. Gerald Hunt was one of the respiratory care teachers at Butte College, in Oroville, CA, where I graduated from. Unfortunately he left just before I entered the program, but his knowledge was legendary. After he left he finished this textbook. I read his textbook, cover to cover, a few years after I graduated. Wow. I wish we had this book when I was a student. When I am king, this will be the main textbook in all respiratory care programs.

It's Like a Combined Version of Egans and Burtons

Clinical Practice in Respiratory Care covers the entire range of respiratory therapy and explores the key information and skills required for patient assessment, utilization of equipment, devising an effective care plan, and for overall critical thinking. I like Clinical Practice in Respiratory Care because it is like a combined and condensed version of Egans and Burton's classic books on respiratory care. It has all of the substance of these books and at the same time has a heavy emphasis on applying those concepts to the clinical practitioner. The authors have provided the reader with case scenarios, care plans, critical thinking challenges, and numerous graphs and tables for better clarification of difficult concepts. Clinical Practice in Respiratory Care is ideal for the respiratory therapy student and for the graduate studying for the CRT and RRT examinations. It is also great for the practicing therapist, nurse, or even a physician whose knowledge needs to be refreshed or just wants to stay up to date on the latest ideas. It's a purchase well worth your money.