AACN Advanced Critical Care Nursing
Edited by- Karen Carlson, RN, MN, CCNS, Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Carlson Consulting Group, Bellevue, WA; Clinical Faculty, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing, University of Wahington, Seattle, WA
From AACN experts comes a resource dedicated to helping you oversee or care for critical care patients in any practice setting. This comprehensive critical care nursing textbook addresses serious and potentially life-threatening patient conditions with a foundation rooted in the critical thinking process: the comprehension, analysis, synthesis, and application of knowledge.
Hardbound, 1632 Pages
Published: April 2008
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4160-3219-9
Contents
- UNIT I: PRACTICE IN TODAYS CRITICAL CARE ENVIRONMENT
1. The Critical Care Environment
2. Alternate Settings for Critical Care
3. Comorbid Conditions
UNIT II: ELEMENTS OF CARE
4. Pain and Sedation
5. Symptom Management
-Diarrhea
-Vomiting/Nausea
-Dyspnea
6. Nutrition
7. Thermoregulation
-Hypothermia
-Hyperthermia
8. Families in Critical Care
9. Improving Outcomes through Prophylaxis
UNIT III: CARDIAC
10. Advanced Arrhythmias
11. Acute Coronary Syndromes
12. Heart Failure
13. Heart Disease in Women
14. Cardiac Surgery
15. Valvular Disease and Surgery
16. Vascular Emergencies
17. Cardiomyopathy
18. Heart and Lung Transplantation
UNIT IV: PULMONARY
19. Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Lung Injury
20. Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning
21. Thoracic Surgery
UNIT V: NERVOUS SYSTEM
22. Head Injury and Dysfunction
23. Cerebral Vascular Disorders
24. Spinal Cord Injury
25. Special Neurologic Patient Populations
UNIT VI: GASTOINTESTINAL
26. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
27. Liver Dysfunction and Failure
28. Pancreatitis
29. The Gut in Critical Illness
30. Liver, Kidney, and Pancreas Transplantation
UNIT VII: RENAL
31. Electrolyte Emergencies
32. Complex Acid-Base Disorders and Associated Electrolyte Imbalances
33. Acute Renal Failure
UNIT VIII: ENDOCRINE
34. Glycemic Control
35. Pituitary, Thyroid, and Adrenal Disorders
UNIT IX: HEMATOLOGIC
36. Blood Conservation and Blood Component Replacement
37. Coagulopathies
UNIT X: IMMUNE (CRITICAL CARE IMMUNOLOGY
38. Caring for the Immunocompromised Patient
39. Bone Marrow Transplantation
UNIT XI: MULTISYSTEM DISORDERS
40. Shock and Endpoints of Resuscitation
41. Optimizing Hemodynamics: Strategies for Fluid and Medication Titration in Shock
42. Trauma
43. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
44. Burns
45. Mass-Casualty Competencies
UNIT XII: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS
46. Caring for the Patient in the Immediate Postoperative Period
47. Caring for the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient
48. Caring for a Pediatric Patient in an Adult Critical Care Unit
49. Caring for the Critically Ill Elderly Patient
50. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient with a Psychiatric Disorder
51. Caring for the Bariatric Patient
52. Oncologic Emergencies
53. Chemical Dependency
54. End-of-Life Care
