Understanding the essentials of critical care nursing /
Perrin, Kathleen Ouimet,author.
MacLeod, Carrie Edgerly,author.
"Critical care nursing is an evolving speciality. Understanding the essentials of critical care nursing is intended to provide novice critical care nurses with a firm foundation so that they are able to understand the complexities of care, deliver safe, effective care, and begin their transition to expert critical care nurses."--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is critical care? -- Care of the critically ill patient -- Care of the patient with respiratory failure -- Interpretation and management of basic dysrhythmias -- Cardiodynamics and hemodynamics regulation -- Care of the patient experiencing shock or heart failure -- Care of the patient with acute coronary syndrome -- Care of the patient following a traumatic injury -- Care of the patient experiencing an intracranial dysfunction -- Care of the patient with a cerebral or cerebrovascular disorder -- Care of the patient experiencing alcohol withdrawal and/or liver failure -- Care of the patient with an acute gastrointestinal bleed or pancreatitis -- Care of the patient with endocrine disorders -- Care of the patient with acute renal failure -- Care of the organ donor and transplant recipient -- Care of the acutely ill burn patient -- Care of the patient with sepsis -- Caring for the ICU patient at the end of life.
"Critical care nursing is an evolving speciality. Understanding the essentials of critical care nursing is intended to provide novice critical care nurses with a firm foundation so that they are able to understand the complexities of care, deliver safe, effective care, and begin their transition to expert critical care nurses."--Preface.
Intensive care nursing.