Providing Busy Practitioners With the Information They Need to Deliver Care, and Nursing Students With a Clear Overview of the Field, the Oxford Handbook of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing is an Easily Accessible, Practical, and Comprehensive Guide to All Aspects of Practice. Orthopaedics and Trauma is a Major Sector of Acute Hospital and Community Care, and One in Which Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Play a Pivotal Role, Covering the Continuum From Birth to Death and Managing Everything From Emergency Care to Rehabilitation and Discharge. This Handbook is the Ideal Companion, Presenting a Broad Spectrum of Care and Treatment Across Trauma and Orthopaedics. It Provides an Evidence-Based Synopsis of Contemporary Care and Treatment As Well As an Applied Assessment Framework for Those Wishing to Advance Their Practice. Clearly Laid-Out, Well-Illustrated and Written in a Readable, Note-Based Style, the Oxford Handbook of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing Brings Together the Authors' Ma