Description
From AACN experts comes a resource dedicated to helping you oversee or care for critical care patients in any practice setting. This comprehensive critical care nursing textbook addresses serious and potentially life-threatening patient conditions with a foundation rooted in the critical thinking process:: the comprehension, analysis, synthesis, and application of knowledge.
Product Details
Reference
30269
EAN13
9781416032199
ISBN
9781416032199
Data sheet
Publication date
2008
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
1632
Dimensions (mm)
216 x 276
Weight (g)
2260
UNIT I: PRACTICE IN TODAYS CRITICAL CARE ENVIRONMENT 1. The Critical Care Environment 2. Alternate Settings for Critical Care 3. Comorbid ConditionsUNIT II: ELEMENTS OF CARE 4. Pain and Sedation 5. Symptom Management -Diarrhea -Vomiting/Nausea -Dyspnea 6. Nutrition 7. Thermoregulation -Hypothermia -Hyperthermia 8. Families in Critical Care 9. Improving Outcomes through ProphylaxisUNIT III: CARDIAC 10. Advanced Arrhythmias 11. Acute Coronary Syndromes 12. Heart Failure 13. Heart Disease in Women 14. Cardiac Surgery 15. Valvular Disease and Surgery 16. Vascular Emergencies 17. Cardiomyopathy 18. Heart and Lung TransplantationUNIT IV: PULMONARY 19. Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Lung Injury 20. Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning 21. Thoracic SurgeryUNIT V: NERVOUS SYSTEM 22. Head Injury and Dysfunction 23. Cerebral Vascular Disorders 24. Spinal Cord Injury 25. Special Neurologic Patient PopulationsUNIT VI: GASTOINTESTINAL 26. Gastrointestinal Bleeding 27. Liver Dysfunction and Failure 28. Pancreatitis 29. The Gut in Critical Illness 30. Liver, Kidney, and Pancreas TransplantationUNIT VII: RENAL 31. Electrolyte Emergencies 32. Complex Acid-Base Disorders and Associated Electrolyte Imbalances 33. Acute Renal FailureUNIT VIII: ENDOCRINE 34. Glycemic Control 35. Pituitary, Thyroid, and Adrenal DisordersUNIT IX: HEMATOLOGIC 36. Blood Conservation and Blood Component Replacement 37. CoagulopathiesUNIT X: IMMUNE (CRITICAL CARE IMMUNOLOGY 38. Caring for the Immunocompromised Patient 39. Bone Marrow TransplantationUNIT XI: MULTISYSTEM DISORDERS 40. Shock and Endpoints of Resuscitation 41. Optimizing Hemodynamics: Strategies for Fluid and Medication Titration in Shock 42. Trauma 43. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome 44. Burns 45. Mass-Casualty CompetenciesUNIT XII: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS 46. Caring for the Patient in the Immediate Postoperative Period 47. Caring for the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient 48. Caring for a Pediatric Patient in an Adult Critical Care Unit 49. Caring for the Critically Ill Elderly Patient 50. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient with a Psychiatric Disorder 51. Caring for the Bariatric Patient 52. Oncologic Emergencies 53. Chemical Dependency 54. End-of-Life Care