Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!

Höfundur: David W. Woodruff (Útgáfa: 6)
Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!

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Critical care nursing is dynamic and challenging. This guide for practicing nurses as well as nursing students is packed with practical tools that serve to increase your confidence and help you stay on top of all the changes in this ever-changing field. It simplifies complex topics through clear writing, expert insights, and easy-to-digest formatting. It provides comprehensive coverage, including:critical care basics; holistic care issues; body system-based conditions; and hematologic, immune, and multisystem disorders.

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Útgefandi
Wolters Kluwer Health
ISBN
9781975255541
Print ISBN
9781975255510
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
6
Höfundar
David W. Woodruff
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2025-12-29
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
10
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contributors
  • Previous edition contributors
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • 1 Critical care basics
  • What is critical care nursing?
  • Meet the critical care nurse
  • Advocacy
  • Clinical judgment
  • Caring practice
  • Collaboration
  • Cultural diversity
  • Education
  • Becoming a critical care nurse
  • Learning by doing
  • Gaining credentials
  • Nursing responsibilities
  • Assessment
  • Planning
  • Implementation
  • Evaluation
  • Multiprofessional teamwork
  • Working with registered nurses
  • Working with physicians
  • Working with physician assistants
  • Working with advanced practice registered nurses
  • Working with patient care technicians
  • Working with respiratory therapists
  • Clinical tools
  • Clinical pathways
  • Practice guidelines
  • Protocols
  • Critical care research
  • Evidence-based care
  • Quick quiz
  • Scoring
  • Suggested References
  • 2 Holistic care issues
  • What is holistic health care?
  • The issues
  • Patient and family issues
  • Family ties
  • Unprepared for the worst
  • Circle out of round
  • One thing leads to another
  • Nursing responsibilities
  • Cultural considerations
  • Culture-clued for care
  • Cognitive issues
  • The way things were
  • It’s a factor
  • Pain control issues
  • Acute pain
  • Chronic pain
  • Pain assessment
  • Pain management
  • Ethical issues
  • The value of values
  • Code of ethics
  • End-of-life decisions
  • Quick quiz
  • Scoring
  • Suggested References
  • 3 Neurologic system
  • Understanding the nervous system
  • Central nervous system
  • Spinal cord
  • Peripheral nervous system
  • Neurologic assessment
  • Health history
  • Physical examination
  • Sensory function
  • Motor function
  • Reflexes
  • Diagnostic tests
  • Imaging studies
  • Angiography
  • Electrophysiologic studies
  • Other tests
  • Treatments
  • Medication therapy
  • Surgery
  • Other treatments
  • Neurologic system disorders
  • Acute spinal cord injury
  • Arteriovenous malformation
  • Cerebral aneurysm
  • Encephalitis
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Head injury
  • Meningitis
  • Seizure disorder
  • Stroke
  • Quick quiz
  • Scoring
  • Suggested References
  • 4 Cardiovascular system
  • Understanding the cardiovascular system
  • Heart
  • Blood vessels
  • Cardiovascular assessment
  • Health history
  • Physical examination
  • Inspection
  • Palpation
  • Percussion
  • Auscultation
  • Abnormal findings on heart auscultation
  • Assessing the vascular system
  • Diagnostic tests
  • 12-Lead electrocardiogram
  • Cardiac marker studies
  • Echocardiography
  • Stress testing
  • Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
  • Cardiac catheterization
  • Electrophysiology studies
  • Hemodynamic monitoring
  • Cardiac output monitoring
  • Treatments
  • Drug therapy
  • Surgery
  • Balloon catheter treatments
  • Other therapy
  • Cardiovascular system disorders
  • Acute coronary syndromes
  • Aortic aneurysm
  • Cardiac arrhythmias
  • Cardiac tamponade
  • Cardiogenic shock
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Heart failure
  • Hypertensive crisis
  • Pericarditis
  • Valvular heart disease
  • Quick quiz
  • Scoring
  • Suggested References
  • 5 Respiratory system
  • Understanding the respiratory system
  • Respiratory system structures
  • Respiration
  • Respiratory assessment
  • History
  • Physical examination
  • Diagnostic tests
  • Prepping the patient
  • Blood and sputum studies
  • Endoscopy and imaging
  • Pulmonary angiography
  • Bedside testing procedures
  • Treatments
  • Drug therapy
  • Surgery
  • Inhalation therapy
  • Respiratory system disorders
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • Acute respiratory failure
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Obstructive sleep apnea
  • Pneumonia
  • Pneumothorax
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Status asthmaticus
  • Quick quiz
  • Scoring
  • Suggested References
  • 6 Gastrointestinal system
  • Understanding the GI system
  • GI function
  • GI failure
  • Alimentary canal
  • Accessory organs of digestion
  • Digestion and elimination
  • GI assessment
  • History
  • Physical examination
  • Diagnostic tests
  • Endoscopy
  • Laboratory tests
  • Nuclear imaging
  • Radiographic tests
  • Treatments
  • Drug therapy
  • Surgery
  • GI intubation
  • Nutritional support
  • Gastrointestinal system disorders
  • Acute GI bleeding
  • Acute pancreatitis
  • Bowel infarction
  • Cirrhosis
  • Hepatic failure and encephalopathy
  • Intra-abdominal hypertension
  • Quick quiz
  • Scoring
  • Suggested References
  • 7 Renal system
  • Understanding the renal system
  • Kidney position
  • Fluid and electrolyte balance
  • Acid–base balance
  • Detoxification and waste elimination
  • Blood pressure regulation
  • RBC production
  • Renal assessment
  • History
  • Physical examination
  • Diagnostic tests
  • Blood studies
  • KUB radiography
  • Kidney CT scan
  • Renal angiography
  • Renal ultrasound
  • Urine studies
  • Treatments
  • Drug therapy
  • Dialysis
  • Renal system disorders
  • Acute kidney injury
  • Acute tubular necrosis
  • Quick quiz
  • Scoring
  • Suggested References
  • 8 Endocrine system
  • Understanding the endocrine system
  • Glands
  • Hormones
  • Endocrine system assessment
  • Health history
  • Physical assessment
  • Diagnostic tests
  • Direct and indirect testing
  • Imaging studies
  • Treatments
  • Drug therapy
  • Nonsurgical treatments
  • Surgery
  • Endocrine system disorders
  • Addison’s disease
  • Diabetes insipidus
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis
  • Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome
  • Myxedema coma
  • Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
  • Thyroid storm
  • Quick quiz
  • Scoring
  • Suggested References
  • 9 Hematologic and immune systems
  • Understanding the hematologic and immune systems
  • Hematologic system
  • Immune system
  • Immunity
  • Hematologic and immune systems assessment
  • Health history
  • Physical assessment
  • Diagnostic tests
  • Hematologic system tests
  • Biopsy
  • Immune system tests
  • Treatments
  • Drug therapy
  • Transfusion therapy
  • Hematologic and immune systems disorders
  • Acute leukemia
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Disseminated intravascular coagulation
  • HIV infection
  • Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
  • Quick quiz
  • Scoring
  • Suggested References
  • 10 Multisystem issues
  • A look at multisystem issues
  • Shock to the multisystem
  • Assessment
  • History lesson
  • Is it life-threatening?
  • The once-over
  • Diagnostic tests
  • Treatment
  • Fluid replacement
  • Drug therapy
  • Blood transfusion
  • Multisystem disorders
  • Burns
  • Graft-versus-host disease
  • Hyperthermia
  • Hypothermia
  • Hypovolemic shock
  • Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
  • Septic shock
  • Trauma
  • Quick quiz
  • Scoring
  • Suggested References
  • Appendices
  • Moderate sedation
  • CPR and emergency cardiac care
  • Comparing types of shock
  • Preventing complications in the critically ill patient with a high BMI
  • Drug overdose and poisoning
  • Critical care Q&A
  • Index