Includes index.

Chapter 1 Clinical reasoning: What it is and why it matters -- Tracy Levett-Jones -- Chapter 2 Caring for a person experiencing an adverse drug event -- Tracy Levett-Jones and David Newby -- Chapter 3 Caring for a person with fluid and electrolyte imbalance -- Tracy Levett-Jones and Peter Sinclair -- Chapter 4 Caring for a person experiencing pain -- Tracy Levett-Jones and Caroline Phelan -- Chapter 5 Caring for a child with type 1 diabetes -- Loretto Quinney, Kerry Reid-Searl, Veronica Mills and Bree Walker -- Chapter 6 Caring for a person experiencing respiratory distress and hypoxia -- Kerry Hoffman, Amanda Wilson and Vanessa Mcdonald -- Chapter 7 Caring for a person with a cardiac condition -- Kerry Hoffman, Amanda Wilson and Lindsay Savage -- Chapter 8 Caring for a person with an acquired brain injury -- Kerry Hoffman, Nathan Haining and Amanda Wilson -- Chapter 9 Caring for a person receiving blood component therapies -- Elizabeth Newman and Kerry Hoffman -- Chapter 10 Caring for a person with sepsis -- Natalie Govind and Marcia Ingles -- Chapter 11 Caring for a 'challenging' patient with a dual diagnosis -- Teresa Stone and Rachel Rossiter -- Chapter 12 Caring for a person with a complex and chronic health condition -- Rachel Rossiter and Teresa Stone -- Chapter 13 Caring for a person experiencing an acute psychotic episode -- Anna Treloar and Peter Ross -- Chapter 14 Caring for an older person with altered cognition -- Sharyn Hunter, Frances Dumont and Jacqui Culver -- Chapter 15 Caring for a person with a disability -- Stephen Guinea, Jessica Mckirkle and Christine Imms -- Chapter 16 Caring for a person requiring palliative care -- Pamela Van Der Riet and Victoria Pitt -- Chapter 17 Caring for a person who is refusing treatment -- Lorinda Palmer.