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AACN ADVANCED CRITICAL CARE NURSING
AACN Advanced Critical Care NursingTo order this title, and for more information, click here

By
. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

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: 27 Sep 2008
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