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Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, Tenth Edition, International Edition Patricia G. Morton, RN, PhD, ACNP, FAAN 978-1-4511-4627-1 • October 2012 • Softbound • 8.375” x 10.875” • 1352 pp. 978-1-60913-749-6 • North American Edition: Available in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands only

Fully revised and streamlined to include the most recent information, Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, Tenth Edition provides students with the theory and application knowledge necessary to fully prepare them for the highly specialized and complicated technical world of critical care nursing. Features • NEW! Evidence-Based Practice Highlights focus attention on the importance of research-based practice and include significant excerpts from AACN practice alerts as well as guidelines from other relevant organizations. • NEW! Icons to identify drug therapy tables, tables and boxes containing nursing interventions, as well as laboratory and diagnostic tables focus attention on significant information. • NEW! Spotlight on Genetics Box appears in selected chapters and is key to understanding how genetic factors influence disorders. • NEW! Patient Safety Boxes guide safe and effective practice by alerting the critical care nurse of risk factors, signs and symptoms, side effects, and complications. • Considerations for the Older Patient Boxes highlight the special needs of the fastest growing part of our population — older patients. • Health History Boxes summarize key areas that should be covered and relevant information that may be revealed during the health history. • Collaborative Care Guides is presented in a tabular format containing outcomes and interventions. It describes how the health care team works together to manage a patient’s illness and minimize complications. • Teaching Guides help the critical care nurse to prepare patients and family members for procedures, assist patients and family members with understanding the illness they are dealing with, explain post-procedure or postoperative activities or prepare a patient for discharge from the hospital. • Nursing Diagnoses and Collaborative Problems Boxes use current NANDA terminology to summarize common nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems for particular conditions.

Table of Contents Part 1: The Concept of Holism Applied to Critical Care Nursing Practice Part 2: Professional Practice Issues in Critical Care Part 3: Special Populations in Critical Care Part 4: Special Situations in Critical Care Part 5: Cardiovascular System Part 6: Respiratory System Part 7: Renal System Part 8: Nervous System Part 9: Gastrointestinal System Part 10: Endocrine System Part 11: Hematological and Immune Systems Part 12: Integumentary System Part 13: Multisystem Dysfunction Appendix: ACLS Guidelines

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