Compact, yet comprehensive, Manual of Critical Care Nursing: Interprofessional Collaborative Management, 8th Edition is the go-to reference for helping you provide safe, high-quality nursing care in critical care settings. Written in an abbreviated outline format, it presents essential information on more than 75 disorders and conditions, as well as concepts relevant to caring for critically ill patients and functioning in the critical care environment. Award-winning clinical nurse specialist Marianne Baird separates the content first by body system and then by disorder, with each disorder including a brief description of pathophysiology, assessment, diagnostic testing, collaborative management, nursing diagnoses, desired outcomes, nursing interventions, and patient teaching and rehabilitation.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. iii 4. Table of Contents - p. xi 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. v 7. Reviewers - p. vii 8. Preface - p. ix 9. Contents - p. x 10. CHAPTER 1. General concepts in caring for the critically ill - p. x 11. CHAPTER 2. Managing the critical care environment - p. 184 12. CHAPTER 3. Trauma - p. 257 13. CHAPTER 4. Respiratory disorders - p. 381 14. Chapter 5. Cardiac and vascular disorders - p. 455 15. CHAPTER 6. Kidney injury - p. 616 16. CHAPTER 7. Neurologic disorders - p. 650 17. CHAPTER 8. Endocrine disorders - p. 732 18. CHAPTER 9. Gastrointestinal disorders - p. 787 19. CHAPTER 10. Hematologic/immunologic disorders - p. 861 20. CHAPTER 11. Complex special situations - p. 862 21. Appendix 1. Heart and breath sounds - p. 1002 22. Appendix 2. Glasgow coma scale - p. 1002 23. Appendix 3. Cranial nerves: Assessment and dysfunctions - p. 1002 24. Appendix 4. Inotropic and vasoactive medication infusions - p. 1002 25. Appendix 5. Abbreviations used in this manual - p. 1002 26. Index - p. 1002
Compact, yet comprehensive, Manual of Critical Care Nursing: Interprofessional Collaborative Management, 8th Edition is the go-to reference for helping you provide safe, high-quality nursing care in critical care settings. Written in an abbreviated outline format, it presents essential information on more than 75 disorders and conditions, as well as concepts relevant to caring for critically ill patients and functioning in the critical care environment. Award-winning clinical nurse specialist Marianne Baird separates the content first by body system and then by disorder, with each disorder including a brief description of pathophysiology, assessment, diagnostic testing, collaborative management, nursing diagnoses, desired outcomes, nursing interventions, and patient teaching and rehabilitation.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. iii 4. Table of Contents - p. xi 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. v 7. Reviewers - p. vii 8. Preface - p. ix 9. Contents - p. x 10. CHAPTER 1. General concepts in caring for the critically ill - p. x 11. CHAPTER 2. Managing the critical care environment - p. 184 12. CHAPTER 3. Trauma - p. 257 13. CHAPTER 4. Respiratory disorders - p. 381 14. Chapter 5. Cardiac and vascular disorders - p. 455 15. CHAPTER 6. Kidney injury - p. 616 16. CHAPTER 7. Neurologic disorders - p. 650 17. CHAPTER 8. Endocrine disorders - p. 732 18. CHAPTER 9. Gastrointestinal disorders - p. 787 19. CHAPTER 10. Hematologic/immunologic disorders - p. 861 20. CHAPTER 11. Complex special situations - p. 862 21. Appendix 1. Heart and breath sounds - p. 1002 22. Appendix 2. Glasgow coma scale - p. 1002 23. Appendix 3. Cranial nerves: Assessment and dysfunctions - p. 1002 24. Appendix 4. Inotropic and vasoactive medication infusions - p. 1002 25. Appendix 5. Abbreviations used in this manual - p. 1002 26. Index - p. 1002
