Understanding the essentials of critical care nursing
By: Kathleen Perrin.
Publisher: Prentice Hall; Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 543
ISBN-13: 9780131722101
Subjects: Intensive care nursing; Critical Care -- methods; Critical Illness -- nursing; Nursing Care -- methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is critical care?; title: Care of the critically ill patient; title: Care of the patient with respiratory failure; title: Interpretation and management of basic dysrhythmias; title: Cardiodynamics and hemodynamics regulation; title: Care of the patient experiencing shock or heart failure; title: Care of the patient with acute coronary syndrome; title: Care of the patient following a traumatic injury; title: Care of the patient experiencing an intracranial dysfunction; title: Care of the patient with a cerebral or cerebrovascular disorder; title: Care of the patient experiencing alcohol withdrawal and/or liver failure; title: Care of the patient with an acute gastrointestinal bleed or pancreatitis; title: Care of the patient with endocrine disorders; title: Care of the patient with acute renal failure; title: Care of the organ donor and transplant recipient; title: Care of the acutely ill burn patient; title: Care of the patient with sepsis; title: Caring for the ICU patient at the end of life.