Critical Care Nursing

by Valenti, Linda M.

• ISBN13: 9780397554553
• ISBN10: 0397554559
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Your students will love this handy, dependable guide, and will carry it with them for frequent reference! Designed for review, Critical Care Nursing outlines high acuity nursing processes -- including applicable maintenance and management in the home care setting -- providing up-close focus on essential material. Organized according to body system and diagnosis, the text also presents equipment trouble shooting, and lists and explains potential complications and their solutions. Each chapter parallels Lippincott's Review Series: Medical-Surgical Nursing, and evolves beyond what is presented in that text, providing advanced assessment cues and correlated interventions.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to the Critical Care Setting	1	(12)
2 Central Nervous System: The Brain	13	(42)
3 The Spinal Cord	55	(24)
4 The Cardiovascular System (Musculature and Vasculature)	79	(98)
5 Cardiac Dysrhythmias	177	(24)
6 The Respiratory System	201	(60)
7 The Gastrointestinal System	261	(32)
8 The Biliary System	293	(32)
9 Hematology and Immunology	325	(58)
10 The Renal System	383	(48)
11 The Endocrine System	431	(32)
12 The Female Reproductive System	463	(20)
13 Multisystem Pathology	483	(54)
Comprehensive Test--Questions	537	(11)
Answer Sheet for Comprehensive Exam	548	(2)
Comprehensive Test--Answer Key	550	(13)
Index	563