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Critical Care
EssentialsofCriticalCareNursing:AHolisticApproach
PatriciaG.Morton, RN, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAAN
978-1-60913-693-2 •March2012 • Softbound •8.375”x10.875” •536pp. •246 Illus. • 136Tables.
Essentials of Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach
focuses
on the most common disorders and technologies encountered by a
critical care nurse today. It includes enough depth to enhance the
reader’s full understanding of important topics and fully prepares the
student for practice. The clear, concisewriting style assists students in
understandingthepathophysiologicalbasisfor illnessandthestrategies
thecritical carenurseuses inassessingandmanagingpatients.This text
contains informationabout importantpsychosocial concepts, legal and
ethical issues, history and physical examinations, key laboratory and
diagnostic tests, as well as key nursing interventions used in critical
care.
Features
• DrugTherapy tables summarize information related to the
administrationandmonitoringof drug therapy suchas adverse
effects, contraindications touse,measures that shouldbe taken
beforeadministering thedrug, aswell as how tomonitor apatient
receiving themedication.
• DiagnosticTests tables present significantdiagnostic test
information including thepurposeandmethodof testing, normal
values, abnormal values, andnursing implications.
• TheOlder Patient notes, appearingwithin theflowof the text,
highlight information related toassessingand caring forolder
patients in the critical care setting.
• Red Flagnotes, alsoappearing throughout the text, highlight
information thatwill helpa critical carenurse recognizea serious
problemor life-threatening change inapatient’s condition.
• CollaborativeCareGuides containoutcomes and interventions and
describehow thehealth care teamworks together tomanagea
patient’s illness andminimize complications.
• Evidence-BasedPracticeHighlights help the reader tounderstand
the importanceof research-basedpracticeand its implications for
nursing.
• HealthHistoryboxes summarizeaspectsof thehistory that are
important toexplore togain insight into thepatient’s current
critical healthproblem.
• CaseStudyappears at theendof each chapterwitha seriesof
related critical thinkingquestions toguide the student’s knowledge
topractical application.
Table of Contents
Part1:
TheConceptofHolismApplied
toCriticalCareNursingPractice
Ch. 1: Critical CareNursing Practice
Ch. 2:The Patient’s andFamily’s Experience
WithCritical Illness
Ch. 3: Patient andFamilyEducation in
Critical Care
Ch. 4: Ethical andLegal Issues inCritical
CareNursing
Part2:
Essential Interventions in
CriticalCare
Ch. 5: Relieving Pain andProvidingComfort
Ch. 6: End-of-Life andPalliativeCare
Ch. 7: ProvidingNutritional Support, Fluids,
andElectrolytes
Ch. 8:Dysrhythmia Interpretation and
Management
Ch. 9:HemodynamicMonitoring
Ch. 10: AirwayManagement andVentilatory
Support
Ch. 11: CodeManagement
Part3:
CardiovascularSystem
Ch. 12: Patient Assessment: Cardiovascular
System
Ch. 13: PatientManagement: Cardiovascular
System
Ch. 14: CommonCardiovascularDisorders
Part4:
RespiratorySystem
Part5:
Renal System
Part6:
NervousSystem
Part7:
Gastrointestinal System
Part8:
EndocrineSystem
Part9:
Hematological and Immune
Systems
Part10:
IntegumentarySystem
Part11:
MultisystemDysfunction
…Abridged tofit