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AACN ADVANCED CRITICAL CARE NURSING
AACN Advanced Critical Care Nursing
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By
. American Association of Critical-Care Nu

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

Description
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.

Contents


UNIT I: PRACTICE IN TODAY'S 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

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 1632 pages, publication date: APR-2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-3219-9
ISBN-10: 1-4160-3219-3
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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Last update: 20 Feb 2010
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