Intensive care nursing
Subtitle: a framework for practice
By: Philip Woodrow
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 578
ISBN-13: 9780415584517; 9780415584524; 9780203808122
Subjects: Health and Fitness; Intensive care nursing; Nursing; Critical Illness; Nursing Care; Critical Care; Methods
Description: This user-friendly introductory textbook is written specifically for both qualified nurses who are working in intensive care units and also for those undertaking post-registration courses in the speciality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-556) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Contexts of care : Nursing perspective ; Humanism ; Psychological care; title: pt. II. Fundamental aspects : Artificial ventilation ; Airway management ; Sedation ; Acute pain management ; Thermoregulation ; Nutrition and bowel care ; Mouthcare ; Eye care ; Skincare ; Children in adult ICUs ; Older patients in ICUs ; Infection control ; Pandemic planning; title: pt. III. Monitoring : Respiratory monitoring ; Gas carriage ; Arterial blood gas analysis and acid/base balance ; Haemodynamic monitoring ; Blood results ; ECGs and dysrhythmias ; Neurological monitoring; title: pt. IV. Micropathologies : Cellular pathology ; Immunity and immunodeficiency ; Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC); title: pt. V. Respiratory : Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) ; Alternative ventilatory modes; title: pt. VI. Cardiovascular : Acute coronary syndromes ; Cardiac intervention and surgery ; Shock ; Sepsis ; Fluid management ; Inotropes and vasopressors ; Vascular surgery; title: pt. VII. Neurological : Central nervous system injury ; Peripheral neurological pathologies; title: pt. VIII. Abdominal : Acute kidney injury ; Haemofiltration ; Gastrointestinal bleeds ; Liver failure ; Obstetric emergencies ; Transplants; title: pt. IX. Metabolic : Severe acute pancreatitis ; Diabetic crises ; Self-poisoning; title: pt. X. Professional : Professional perspectives ; Transferring critically ill patients ; Managing the ICU ; Cost of intensive care.