Mosby's Nursing PDQ for Critical Care

by Stillwell

• ISBN13: 9780323034289
• ISBN10: 0323034284
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-11
• Publisher: Mosby

Summary

This convenient quick-reference guide offers complete coverage of topics related to the acute care management of patients in the critical care setting. The spiral-bound format provides quick, easy access to information on disorders, treatment, assessment, monitoring, and drug therapy. It also features helpful formulas, laboratory values, and scoring tools. The spiral binding and handy pocket size make it an ideal clinical companion Water- and stain-resistant pages stand up to daily wear and tear Features colored tabs that take you directly to key content areas Includes a comprehensive collection of commonly used, but rarely memorized, clinical information, such as charts, graphs, formulas, conversions, and lab values Coverage includes: pain/vital signs, cardiovascular, ECG, hemodynamic monitoring, pulmonary, neuro, gi/gu/endo, pediatrics, obstetrics, and lab values Pocket-sized for portability, these new quick-reference resources provide quick, easy access to the information you need to know! Water- and stain-resistant pages stand up to the daily wear-and-tear of the clinical setting.

Table of Contents

Pain/Vital Signs

Pain Harmful effects of unrelieved pain

Pain Assessment Factors Pain Rating Scales Pediatric Pain

Assessment Wong-Baker

Faces Pain Rating Scale

Flacc Scale Vital Signs

Temperature Conversion

First Line of Defense to Infection

Pediatric Vital Signs

Estimation of Systolic

Blood Pressure and Diastolic

Blood Pressure in the Pediatric Patient

Pulse Respirations

Blood Pressure

Auscultatory Gap Pulsus Paradoxus

Pulse Pressure

Mean Arterial Pressure

Cultural and Developmental Aspects

Cultural Assessment Ericksons

Stages of Life Cycle

Cardiovascular Pulse

Classification of Pulse

Strength Variations in Arterial

Pulse Cardiac Auscultatory sites

Heart Sounds

Heart Sounds in Relation to the ECG

Scale for Pitting

Edema Variations in Arterial

Pulse Cardiac Auscultatory Sites

Differentiating Heart Sounds

Murmur Grading Scale

Characteristics of Heart Murmurs

Defibrillation Versus

Cardioversion Defibrillation

Cardioversion Postprocedure

Monitoring Intra-Aortic Balloon

Pump/Counterpulsation

Effects of Counterpulsation

Inflation and Deflation of Intraaortic

Balloon Pump Postinsertion Complications Pacemaker Code

Pacemaker Code Temporary Pacemakers

Classification of Hemorrhage

Effect of Cardiovascular

Drugs on Hemodynamics ECG

ECG Paper Electrocardiograph Lead Placement Lead II

Lead MCL1 Five-Lead System

Right Chest Leads

Location of Left and Right Precordial Leads

Lead Uses Monitoring Ischemia, Injury, and Infarction

Rhythm Strip Determination Rhythm

Determination Heart Rate

Intervals and Rates Components of Normal

Electrocardiogram

Normal Sinus Rhythm

Dysrhythmias Sinus Bradycardia Sinus

Tachycardia Sinus Arrhythmia

Premature Atrial Complex

Atrial Tachycardia Atrial Flutter

Atrial Fibrillation Paroxysmal Supraventricular

Tachycardia Junctional Rhythm

Premature Ventricular Complex Compensatory

Pause Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm

Ventricular Tachycardia Ventricular fibrillation

Torsade de Pointes First-Degree AV block

Second-Degree AV block (Type I)

Second-Degree AV block (Type II)

Third-Degree heart block

Emergency Cardiac Drugs

Hexaxial Reference System Wellen's Syndrome

Differentiating Bundle

Branch Block Wide QRS

Tachycardia ECG

Changes and Complications

Associated with Myocardial

Infarctions

Hemodynamic Monitoring

Pulmonary Artery Pressure

Monitoring Normal

Values Complications

Related to PA

Catheter Level the Transducer Zero the Transducer

Fast Flush Test Procedure

Square Wave Test

Possible Causes of Overdamping

Possible Causes of Underdamping

Pressure Waveforms

Obtaining PA

Pressure Readings

Supine Side-lying PA pressures PAWP Svo2

Monitoring Normal

Significant value

Factors affecting oxygen supply and demand

Troubleshooting

Invasive Hemodynamic

Monitoring Lines

Radial Arterial Line

Precannulation

Postcannulation

Pulmonary

Respiratory Patterns

Location of Lobes of the Lung

Location of Normal Breath Sounds

Lung Conditions and

Expected Sounds

Respiratory Patterns

Auscultate all Lung Fields

Breath Sounds and Adventitious Sounds

Blood Gases Adult Pediatric Normal

Values for Arterial

Blood Gases Capillary

Sampling for Blood Gas

Analysis in Infants Acid

Base Imbalances Oxygen

Delivery Devices Chest

Radiograph Location of Structures on a Posterior-Anterior

Chest Radiograph Location of Structures on a Lateral

View Chest Radiograph

Chest Radiograph with Pulmonary

Artery Catheter, Endotracheal Tube

Right Chest Tube

Left Chest Tube

Mediastinal Tube, and Nasogastric

Tube Normal Findings on Chest

Radiograph Abnormal

Radiographic Findings Gas

Exchange Process

Factors Affecting

Oxygen Delivery and Cons

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