Critical Care Nursing Secrets

by Schell & Puntillo

• ISBN13: 9781560534549
• ISBN10: 1560534540
• Edition: 1st
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Hanley & Belfus

Summary

Using the popular question-and-answer format of The Secrets Series®, this practical resource offers tips, answers, and "secrets" on caring for patients in an ICU or critical care setting. Chapters cover such important areas as arrhythmias, blood pressure monitoring, cardiac output monitoring, cardiac surgery patients, transplant patients, acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary hypertension, airway management, respiratory failure, oncologic emergencies, pain management, and much more.

Table of Contents

I. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Cardiac Assessment	1	(9)
Lisa J. Cianfichi
Basic Cardiac Monitoring	10	(6)
Martie Mattson
Arrhythmias	16	(4)
Mary G. Adams
Temporary Pacing	20	(5)
Charles L. Witherell
Blood Pressure Monitoring: Invasive and Noninvasive	25	(5)
Carrie A. Taylor
Hemodynamic Monitoring	30	(11)
Jim Stotts
Cardiac Output Monitoring	41	(8)
Jim Stotts
SvO2 and AVDO2 Monitoring	49	(6)
Christine Corcoran
Postoperative Management of the Cardiac Surgery Patient	55	(6)
S. Jill Ley
Heart and Lung Transplantation	61	(8)
Celia Rifkin
Intraaortic Balloon Pump	69	(4)
Evelyn Taverna
Ventricular Assist Devices	73	(5)
Ann M. Daleiden
Defibrillation and Cardioversion	78	(4)
Lynn Houweling
Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism	82	(7)
Cheryl Hubner
Acute Myocardial Infarction	89	(3)
Brigid Ide
Shock	92	(3)
Linda M. Couts
Vasoactive Drugs	95	(8)
Steven R. Kayser
Hildy M. Schell
Central Venous Catheters	103	(11)
Charlene Trouillot
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension	114	(3)
Brigid Ide
II. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Respiratory Assessment	117	(3)
Christine L. Nelson
Hildy M. Schell
Airway Management	120	(4)
Lisa M. Boulais
Acid-Base Disorders and Arterial Blood Gases	124	(6)
Vicki Casella-Gordon
Endotracheal and Tracheostomy Tube Management	130	(9)
Theresa Lynn Griffin
Suctioning	139	(7)
Kristina J. Carson
Status Asthmaticus	146	(3)
Lisa M. Boulais
Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation	149	(4)
Brian M. Daniel
Oxygen Delivery Systems	153	(2)
Jeffrey L. Tarnow
Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning	155	(7)
Suzanne M. Burns
Chest Tube Review and Management	162	(4)
Debbie L. Dempel
Acute Respiratory Failure	166	(4)
Gabull Abdullah
Pulse Oximetry and Capnography	170	(5)
Theresa Lynn Griffin
Positioning for Optimal Pulmonary Function	175	(4)
Kathleen M. Vollman
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	179	(6)
Kathleen M. Vollman
Extracorporeal Life Support and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation	185	(4)
Dianne L. Sodt-Davitt
III. INFECTION CONTROL, HEMATOLOGY, ONCOLOGY, AND IMMUNOLOGY
Infection Control	189	(3)
Marilyn Jordan
Changing Ecology of Infections and Antibiotic Use	192	(3)
Marilyn Jordan
Fever	195	(6)
Jill N. Howie
Sepsis and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome	201	(4)
Hildy M. Schell
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation	205	(4)
Carol Viele
Leukemias and Bone Marrow Transplantation	209	(7)
Mary Reid-Finlay
Roberta Kaplow
Oncologic Emergencies	216	(10)
Mary Reid-Finlay
Roberta Kaplow
Postoperative Care of Liver, Pancreas, and Renal Transplant Patients	226	(5)
Hildy M. Schell
IV. NEUROLOGY
Neurologic Assessment	231	(9)
Heidi D. Clay
Invasive Neurologic Monitoring	240	(8)
Lori Kennedy Madden
Stroke Monitoring and Management	248	(9)
Nancy Ann Rudisill
Gori Kennedy Madden
Seizure Assessment and Management	257	(8)
Mariann M. Ward
Neuromuscular Disorders: Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Myasthenia Gravis	265	(5)
Siobhan M. Geary
V. GASTROENTEROLOGY AND RENAL DISEASE
Nutrition Assessment and Care	270	(4)
Colleen O'Leary-Kelley
Diarrhea	274	(2)
Colleen O'Leary-Kelley
Feeding Tubes: Placement and Car	276	(3)
Lisa Day
Acute Pancreatitis	279	(6)
Kelly Jane Harris
Liver Dysfunction and Failure	285	(7)
Margaret M. Sullivan
Gastrointestinal Bleeding	292	(7)
Robin Marci
Acute Renal Failure	299	(7)
Susan L. Robertson
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies	306	(6)
Hildy M. Schell
VI. METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome	312	(6)
Dianne M. Schultz
Electrolyte Disturbances	318	(13)
Stacey A. Hallatt
VII. SEDATION AND PAIN MANAGEMENT
Agitation and Delirium	331	(3)
Margaret H. Doherty
Neuromuscular Blocking Agents	334	(5)
Sande Rowlee
Pain Management	339	(7)
Kathleen A. Puntillo
Sedation	346	(5)
Margaret H. Doherty
Epidural Catheter Management	351	(4)
Sheila Gleeson
VIII. DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
Drug Overdoses	355	(7)
Ted S. Rigney
Alcohol Withdrawal	362	(6)
Laura Greicus
IX. SKIN, WOUND CARE, AND PHYSICAL THERAPY
Skin and Wound Assessment and Management	368	(6)
Nancy Stotts
Jill Howne
Identification and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers	374	(2)
Nancy A. Stotts
Physical Therapy	376	(6)
Kris Ishii
X. FAMILY AND END-OF-LIFE ISSUES
Family Care	382	(3)
Daphne Stannard
Brain Death and Organ Procurement	385	(3)
Lisa Day
End-of-Life Care	388	(4)
Kathleen A. Puntillo
Critically Ill Obstetric Patients	392	(5)
Maribeth Inturrisi
Debra Busta-Moore
Ethics	397	(6)
Anna Omery
Index	403