2015 LWW Nursing Education Catalogue

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CriticalCareNursing:AHolisticApproach,TenthEdition, International Edition PatriciaG.Morton, RN, PhD, ACNP, FAAN 978-1-4511-4627-1 •October2012 • Softbound •8.375”x10.875” • 1352pp. 978-1-60913-749-6 •NorthAmericanEdition: Available inUS,Canada, Australia,NewZealand, PuertoRicoandUSVirgin Islandsonly

Fully revised and streamlined to include themost recent information, Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, Tenth Edition provides studentswith the theory and application knowledge necessary to fully prepare them for the highly specialized and complicated technical worldof critical carenursing. Features • NEW! Evidence-BasedPracticeHighlights focus attentionon the importanceof research-basedpracticeand include significant excerpts fromAACNpracticealerts aswell as guidelines fromother relevantorganizations. • NEW! Icons to identifydrug therapy tables, tables andboxes containingnursing interventions, aswell as laboratoryand diagnostic tables focus attentionon significant information. • NEW!SpotlightonGeneticsBox appears in selected chapters and is key tounderstandinghowgenetic factors influencedisorders. • NEW! PatientSafetyBoxes guide safeandeffectivepracticeby alerting the critical carenurseof risk factors, signs and symptoms, sideeffects, and complications. • Considerations for theOlderPatientBoxes highlight the special needsof the fastest growingpartof our population—older patients. • HealthHistoryBoxes summarize keyareas that shouldbe covered and relevant information thatmaybe revealedduring thehealth history. • CollaborativeCareGuides is presented ina tabular format containingoutcomes and interventions. Itdescribes how the health care teamworks together tomanageapatient’s illness and minimize complications. • TeachingGuides help the critical carenurse topreparepatients and familymembers for procedures, assist patients and familymembers withunderstanding the illness theyaredealingwith, explain post-procedureor postoperativeactivitiesor prepareapatient for discharge from thehospital. • NursingDiagnosesandCollaborativeProblemsBoxes use currentNANDA terminology to summarize commonnursing diagnoses and collaborativeproblems for particular conditions.

Table of Contents Part1: TheConceptofHolismApplied toCriticalCareNursingPractice Part2: Professional Practice Issues in CriticalCare Part3: Special Populations inCritical Care Part4: Special Situations inCritical Care Part5: CardiovascularSystem Part6: RespiratorySystem Part7: Renal System Part8: NervousSystem Part9: Gastrointestinal System Part10: EndocrineSystem Part11: Hematological and Immune Systems Part12: IntegumentarySystem Part13: MultisystemDysfunction Appendix: ACLSGuidelines

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