| Description |
xxxii, 1376 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| Contents |
Critical care nursing practice -- The patient's experience with critical illness -- The family's experience with critical illness -- Impact of the critical care environment on the patient -- Relieving pain and providing comfort -- Patient and family education in critical care -- Ethical issues in critical care nursing -- Legal issues in critical care nursing -- Genetic issues in critical care nursing -- Building a professional practice model for excellence in critical care nursing -- The critically ill pediatric patient -- The critically ill pregnant woman -- The critically ill older patient -- Collaboration between the anesthesia provider and nurse -- Interfacility transport of the critically ill patient -- Anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system -- Patient assessment: cardiovascular system -- Patient management: cardiovascular system -- Common cardiovascular disorders -- Heart failure -- Acute myocardial infarction -- Cardiac surgery -- Anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system -- Patient assessment: respiratory system -- Patient management: respiratory system -- Common respiratory disorders -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Anatomy and physiology of the renal system -- Patient assessment: renal system -- Patient management: renal system -- Renal failure -- Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system -- Patient assessment: nervous system -- Patient management: nervous system -- Common neurosurgical and neurological disorders -- Head injury -- Spinal cord injury -- Anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal system -- Patient assessment: gastrointestinal system -- Patient management: gastrointestinal system -- Common gastrointestinal disorders -- Anatomy and physiology of the endocrine system -- Patient assessment: endocrine system -- Common endocrine disorders -- Anatomy and physiology of the hematological and immune systems -- Patient assessment: hematological and immune systems -- Organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation -- Common immunological disorders -- Common hematological disorders -- Anatomy and physiology of the integumentary system -- Patient assessment: integumentary system -- Patient management: integumentary system -- Burns -- Shock, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Trauma -- Drug overdose and poisoning.00000000 00000000000000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Intensive care nursing.
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Holistic nursing.
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Critical Care.
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Holistic Nursing.
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| Author |
Morton, Patricia Gonce, 1952-
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| LC no. |
2004018659 |
| ISBN |
0781727596 |
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0781727596 hardback |
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0781756375 CD-ROM |
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