| Description |
xii, 530 pages ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Unit 1. Foundations of Critical Care Nursing Practice -- 1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient / Linda D. Urden -- 2. Ethical and Legal Issues / Linda D. Urden -- 3. Patient and Family Education / Kim Blount -- Unit 2. Common Problems in Critical Care -- 4. Psychosocial Alterations / Ruth N. Grendell -- 5. Sleep Alterations / Shella Cox Sullivan and Kathy C. Richards -- 6. Nutritional Alterations / Mary Courtney Moore -- 7. Gerontologic Alterations / Barbara J. Draude -- 8. Pain Management / Lynne Jett -- 9. Sedation Assessment and Management / Mary E. Lough -- Unit 3. Cardiovascular Alterations -- 10. Cardiovascular Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures / Mary E. Lough -- 11. Cardiovascular Disorders / Mary E. Lough -- 12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management / Joni Dirks -- Unit 4. Pulmonary Alterations -- 13. Pulmonary Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures / Kathleen M. Stacy and Jeanne M. Maiden -- 14. Pulmonary Disorders / Kathleen M. Stacy -- 15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management / Kathleen M. Stacy -- Unit 5. Neurologic Alterations -- 16. Neurologic Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures / Beverly Carlson -- 17. Neurologic Disorders / Beverly Carlson -- 18. Neurologic Therapeutic Management / Kathleen A. Mendez -- Unit 6. Renal Alterations -- 19. Renal Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures / Mary Schira -- 20. Renal Disorders and Therapeutic Management / Judith K. Glann Mitchell -- Unit 7. Gastrointestinal Alterations -- 21. Gastrointestinal Assessment ad Diagnostic Procedures / Kathleen M. Stacy -- 22. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management / Kathleen M. Stacy -- Unit 8. Endocrine Alterations -- 23. Endocrine Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures / Joann M. Clark -- 24. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management / Joann M. Clark -- Unit 9. Multisystem Alterations -- 25. Trauma / Karen L. Johnson -- 26. Shock and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome / Kathleen M. Stacy and Lorraine Fitzsimmons -- Unit 10. Nursing Management Plans of Care -- App. Physiologic Formulas for Critical Care |
| Summary |
"This unique resource takes you beyond the traditional physiologic focus of critical care by incorporating information on nursing process, ethical and legal issues, patient and family education, psychosocial alterations, sleep alterations, nutritional alterations, and gerontologic considerations."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed. : c2000 |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nursing care plans.
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Intensive care nursing.
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Nursing Care.
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Critical Care.
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Critical Care.
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Nursing Care.
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Critical Care.
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Nursing Care.
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| Genre/Form |
Nurses' Instruction
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| Author |
Lough, Mary E.
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Stacy, Kathleen M.
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Urden, Linda D
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| LC no. |
2003061506 |
| ISBN |
0323024815 |
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