High Acuity Nursing

by Wagner, Kathleen Dorman; Johnson, Karen; Kidd, Pamela Stinson

• ISBN13: 9780131245082
• ISBN10: 0131245082
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

The Fourth Edition of High Acuity Nursing delivers essential understanding of complex patients and instructs both students and nurses on how to provide nursing care in varied clinical settings. KEY TOPICS: Broken down into a series of learner-focused, active learning modules, High Acuity Nursing takes complex information and presents it in smaller, more accessible chunks that promote easier mastery by readers. As the modules progress in difficulty, this text addresses the multiple-system problems that nurses face when caring for high acuity patients. With a focus on concepts and principles that can be applied across practice settings and patient populations, High Acuity Nursing, Fourth Edition is a learner-friendly approach that will help nurses and nursing students master the concepts and confidence necessary to succeed in today's health care settings. Nursing Students and Nursing Professionals.

Table of Contents

Special Topics

Caring for the High Acuity Patient: Patient, Family, and Nursing Consideration

Acute Pain in the High Acuity Patient

Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in the High Acuity Patient

Pulmonary Gas Exchange

Determination and Assessment of Pulmonary Gas Exchange

Alterations in Pulmonary Gas Exchange

Mechanical Ventilation

Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Pulmonary Gas Exchange

Perfusion

Determination and Assessment of Cardiac Output

Hemodynamic Monitoring

Electrocardiographic Monitoring and Conduction Abnormalities

Alterations in Myocardial Tissue Perfusion

Alterations in Cardiac Output

Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered with Altered Myocardial Tissue Perfusion

Oxygenation

Oxygenation

Shock States

Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

Nursing Care of Patient with Impaired Oxygenation

Neurologic

Determinants and Assessment of Cerebral Perfusion

Alterations in Cerebral Tissue Perfusion: Acute Brain Attack

Decreased Adaptive Capacity: Acute Head Injury

Sensory Perceptual Disorders

Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Cerebral Function

Metabolic

Metabolic Responses

Hematologic Dysfunction

Altered Immune Function

Organ Transplantation

Altered Glucose metabolism

Altered Renal Dysfunction

Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Metabolic Function

Gastrointestinal

Acute Gastrointestinal Dysfunction

Acute Hepatic Dysfunction

Acute Pancreatic Dysfunction

Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Gastrointestinal Function

Injury

Complex Wound Management

Acute Burn Injury

Trauma

Nursing Care of the Patient with Multiple Injuries

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