| Description |
xv, 1135 pages : illustrations, ; 28 cm |
| Summary |
The fifth edition has been fully updated with the latest evidence, resources and tools designed to help you master a range of competencies, from patient monitoring to delivering multidimensional interventions, using complex lifesaving eqipment, and managing the deteriorating patient. There is a focus on the scope and principles of practice, quality and safety standards, ethical considerations, and increased support for nurses. |
| Contents |
Section 1 Scope of critical care -- 1.Scope of critical care practice-- 2.Systems and resources -- 3.Quality and safety -- 4.Ethical issues in critical care -- Section 2 Principles and practice of critical care -- 5.Essential nursing care of the critically ill patient -- 6.Patient comfort and psychological care -- 7.Family and cultural care of the critically ill patient -- 8.Recovery and rehabilitation -- 9.Cardiovascular assessment and monitoring -- 10.Cardiovascular alterations and management -- 11.Cardiac rhythm assessment and management -- 12.Cardiac surgery and transplantation t -- 13.Respiratory assessment and monitoring -- 14.Respiratory alterations and management -- 15.Ventilation and oxygenation management -- 16.Neurological assessment and monitoring -- 17.Neurological alterations and management -- 18.Support of renal function -- 19.Nutrition assessment and therapeutic management -- 20.Gastrointestinal, metabolic and liver alterations -- 21.Pathophysiology and management of shock -- 22.Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Section 3 Specialty practice -- 23.Emergency presentations -- 24.Trauma management -- 25.Resuscitation -- 26.Postanaesthesia recovery -- 27.Paediatric considerations in critical care -- 28.Pregnancy and postpartum considerations -- 29.Organ donation and transplantation |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Intensive care nursing -- Australia
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Nursing -- Australia
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Intensive care nursing -- New Zealand
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Critical care medicine
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Critical Care Nursing
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| Reading List |
HNN791 recommended text 2024
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HNN792 recommended text 2024
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HNN794 recommended text 2024
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HNN795 recommended text 2024
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HNN796 recommended text 2024
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| ISBN |
9780729544467 |
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