2015 LWW Nursing Education Catalogue

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EssentialsofCriticalCareNursing:AHolisticApproach PatriciaG.Morton, RN, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAAN 978-1-60913-693-2 •March2012 • Softbound •8.375”x10.875” •536pp. •246 Illus. • 136Tables.

Essentials of Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach focuses on the most common disorders and technologies encountered by a critical care nurse today. It includes enough depth to enhance the reader’s full understanding of important topics and fully prepares the student for practice. The clear, concisewriting style assists students in understandingthepathophysiologicalbasisfor illnessandthestrategies thecritical carenurseuses inassessingandmanagingpatients.This text contains informationabout importantpsychosocial concepts, legal and ethical issues, history and physical examinations, key laboratory and diagnostic tests, as well as key nursing interventions used in critical care. Features • DrugTherapy tables summarize information related to the administrationandmonitoringof drug therapy suchas adverse effects, contraindications touse,measures that shouldbe taken beforeadministering thedrug, aswell as how tomonitor apatient receiving themedication. • DiagnosticTests tables present significantdiagnostic test information including thepurposeandmethodof testing, normal values, abnormal values, andnursing implications. • TheOlder Patient notes, appearingwithin theflowof the text, highlight information related toassessingand caring forolder patients in the critical care setting. • Red Flagnotes, alsoappearing throughout the text, highlight information thatwill helpa critical carenurse recognizea serious problemor life-threatening change inapatient’s condition. • CollaborativeCareGuides containoutcomes and interventions and describehow thehealth care teamworks together tomanagea patient’s illness andminimize complications. • Evidence-BasedPracticeHighlights help the reader tounderstand the importanceof research-basedpracticeand its implications for nursing. • HealthHistoryboxes summarizeaspectsof thehistory that are important toexplore togain insight into thepatient’s current critical healthproblem. • CaseStudyappears at theendof each chapterwitha seriesof related critical thinkingquestions toguide the student’s knowledge topractical application.

Table of Contents Part1: TheConceptofHolismApplied toCriticalCareNursingPractice Ch. 1: Critical CareNursing Practice Ch. 2:The Patient’s andFamily’s Experience WithCritical Illness Ch. 3: Patient andFamilyEducation in Critical Care Ch. 4: Ethical andLegal Issues inCritical CareNursing Part2: Essential Interventions in CriticalCare Ch. 5: Relieving Pain andProvidingComfort Ch. 6: End-of-Life andPalliativeCare Ch. 7: ProvidingNutritional Support, Fluids, andElectrolytes Ch. 8:Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management Ch. 9:HemodynamicMonitoring Ch. 10: AirwayManagement andVentilatory Support Ch. 11: CodeManagement Part3: CardiovascularSystem Ch. 12: Patient Assessment: Cardiovascular System Ch. 13: PatientManagement: Cardiovascular System Ch. 14: CommonCardiovascularDisorders Part4: RespiratorySystem Part5: Renal System Part6: NervousSystem Part7: Gastrointestinal System Part8: EndocrineSystem Part9: Hematological and Immune Systems Part10: IntegumentarySystem Part11: MultisystemDysfunction

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