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Kathleen Perrin
ISBN: 9780131722101
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Pearson Education (US)
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This brief introduction to Critical Care Nursing provides core information essential for the novice critical care nurse to understand, whether that novice is a student or a new graduate. The problems presented are based on the likelihood that a novice critical care nurse will encounter them. Recommended practices rely on evidence-based findings for collaborative and nursing practice.
An introduction to critical care, this book is focused on elements that are essential for the novice critical care nurse to understand. Safe practice is a recurrent theme and essential safety initiatives are in highlighted boxes with specific issues related to the content in each chapter. Included are the purpose, the rationale, and highlighted recommendations, with a Media Link for more information. NANDA Nursing Diagnoses are also suggested for the disorders and diseases presented to help the reader categorize the nursing problems that may accompany the medical diagnoses.
| ISBN | 0131722107 | | Pages | 576 | | ISBN13 | 9780131722101
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Weight (grammes) | 1022 | | Imprint | Prentice Hall | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Mynursinglab | | Publication date | 18 Aug 2008 | | Height (mm) | 276 | | Library of Congress | 2008025189 | | Width (mm) | 216 | | DEWEY | 610.736 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Resources for Instructor Success | | | | | | Special Features | | | | Ch. 1 | | What Is Critical Care? | | 1 | | Ch. 2 | | Care of the Critically Ill Patient | | 22 | | Ch. 3 | | Care of the Patient with Respiratory Failure | | 47 | | Ch. 4 | | Interpretation and Management of Basic Dysrhythmias | | 78 | | Ch. 5 | | Cardiodynamics and Hemodynamics Regulation | | 113 | | Ch. 6 | | Care of the Patient Experiencing Shock or Heart Failure | | 131 | | Ch. 7 | | Care of the Patient with Acute Coronary Syndrome | | 151 | | Ch. 8 | | Care of the Patient Following a Traumatic Injury | | 183 | | Ch. 9 | | Care of the Patient Experiencing an Intracranial Dysfunction | | 208 | | Ch. 10 | | Care of the Patient with a Cerebral or Cerebrovascular Disorder | | 239 | | Ch. 11 | | Care of the Critically Ill Patient Experiencing Alcohol Withdrawal and/or Liver Failure | | 263 | | Ch. 12 | | Care of the Patient with an Acute Gastrointestinal Bleed or Pancreatitis | | 307 | | Ch. 13 | | Care of the Patient with Endocrine Disorders | | 336 | | Ch. 14 | | Care of the Patient with Acute Renal Failure | | 361 | | Ch. 15 | | Care of the Organ Donor and Transplant Recipient | | 383 | | Ch. 16 | | Care of the Acutely Ill Burn Patient | | 413 | | Ch. 17 | | Care of the Patient with Sepsis | | 445 | | Ch. 18 | | Caring for the ICU Patient at the End of Life | | 468 | | App. A | | Normal Laboratory Values | | 487 | | App. B | | Hemodynamic Formulas and Normal Values | | 489 | | App. C | | Medication Infusion Calculations | | 490 | | | | Answers to Case Study and Critical Thinking Questions | | 492 | | | More... | | |
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