Introduction to Critical Care Nursing

by Sole, Mary Lou

• ISBN13: 9780721686875
• ISBN10: 0721686877
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

The third edition of INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL CARE NURSING has been expanded and carefully revised to reflect the new concepts and technology which continue to impact critical care nursing. Added to the existing easy-to-read format and teaching features are several new pedagogical aids to reinforce essential management skills in dealing with critical care patients. Two ancillaries will accompany the third edition, including the new Instructors Electronic Resource CD-ROM and the new Student Study Guide.

Table of Contents

PART ONE Fundamental Concepts	1	(38)
Overview of Critical Care Nursing	3	(6)
Mary Lou Sole
Jeanette C. Hartshorn
Individual and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience	9	(16)
Suzanne S. Prevost
Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing	25	(14)
Jacqueline Fowler Byers
PART TWO Tools for the Critical Care Nurse	39	(162)
Dysrhythmia Interpretation	41	(42)
Stephanie Woods
Mary Lou Sole
Hemodynamic Monitoring	83	(34)
Cynthia Kline O'Sullivan
Joan M. Vitello-Cicciu
Ventilatory Assistance	117	(48)
Mary Lou Sole
Jacqueline Fowler Byers
Code Management	165	(36)
Marsha Martin
PART THREE Nursing Care During Critical Illness	201	(394)
Shock	203	(36)
Mary G. McKinley
Catherine Freismuth Robinson
Cardiac Alterations	239	(44)
Marilyn L. Lamborn
Marthe J. Moseley
Mary Lou Sole
Nervous System Alterations	283	(62)
Jeanette C. Hartshorn
Donna M. Gauthier
Acute Respiratory Failure	345	(26)
Carolyn D. Hix
Linda M. Tamburri
Acute Renal Failure	371	(34)
Janet Goshorn
Hematological and Immune Disorders	405	(54)
Brenda K. Shelton
Gastrointestinal Alterations	459	(50)
Jay E. Chambers
Endocrine Alterations	509	(52)
Denise K. McEldowney
Trauma	561	(34)
Deborah Goldenberg Klein
Burns	595
Pamela LaBorde
Jayne Willis