A Nurse's Survival Guide to Critical Care

by Edwards, Sharon; Sabato, Mimma

• ISBN13: 9780443104176
• ISBN10: 0443104174
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-22
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

This small, pocket-sized book provides a solid introduction to aspects of care and management in critical care. The book contains not only information on patient assessment, ventilation, haemodynamic monitoring, emergencies, critical care interventions, common conditions and pharmacology, all clearly relating to critical care, but also psychological, professional practice issues, palliative care and caring for relatives. It provides the factual information needed to assist nurses in providing holistic care in the critical care environment, in an accessible format. Pocket-book format makes the book portable and user-friendly Pull-out boxes highlight hints and tips for practice Diagrams used to explain clearly difficult concepts

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
General principles of critical care	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
Emergencies and fife-threatening complications	p. 36
Patient assessment and investigations	p. 85
Identification of patient needs/problems	p. 86
Assessment	p. 90
Haemodynamic monitoring	p. 117
Diagnostic procedures	p. 145
Critical care interventions	p. 183
Medium-technology life-support interventions	p. 184
High-technology life-support interventions	p. 208
Caring for a critical care patient	p. 219
Intubation and ventilation	p. 232
Transfer of critical care patients	p. 261
Common conditions/reasons for admission	p. 267
Principles of cellular death, injury and repair	p. 268
Neurological	p. 284
Endocrine disorders	p. 301
Respiratory	p. 304
Cardiovascular	p. 311
Renal	p. 329
Gastrointestinal (GIT)	p. 333
Immunological	p. 338
Surgery	p. 343
Burns	p. 343
Psychological and ethical care	p. 349
Mental effects of critical care	p. 350
Palliative care in critical care	p. 360
Professional practice issues	p. 380
Pharmacology	p. 391
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics	p. 392
Classification of drugs used in critical care	p. 397
Drg calculations	p. 419
Nurse prescribing	p. 420
Conclusion	p. 423
References	p. 425
Relevent Websites	p. 430
Further reading	p. 431
Units of measurement	p. 433
Normal values	p. 439
Drug measurement and calculations	p. 443
Glossary	p. 447
Index 451
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