Main description:

User-friendly and easy to understand, Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 6^th Edition offers clear, concise coverage of essential critical care concepts, technology, and procedures. Completely updated, evidence-based content addresses the latest advances in high-acuity care and emphasizes patient safety and optimum patient outcomes. Plus, an abundance of active learning resources and realistic case studies enables you to apply your knowledge and strengthen your critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills.

Contents:

PART I. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS

1. Overview of Critical Care Nursing
2. Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience 
3. Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing
4. End-of-Life Care in the Critical Care Unit

PART II. TOOLS FOR THE CRITICAL CARE NURSE

5. Comfort and Sedation
6. Nutritional Support
7. Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management
8. Hemodynamic Monitoring
9. Ventilatory Assistance
10. Rapid Response Teams and Code Management

PART III. NURSING CARE DURING CRITICAL ILLNESS

11. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
12. Cardiovascular Alterations
13. Nervous System Alterations
14. Acute Respiratory Failure
15. Acute Kidney Injury
16. Hematological and Immune Disorders
17. Gastrointestinal Alterations
18. Endocrine Alterations
19. Trauma and Surgical Management
20. Burns
21. Solid Organ Transplantation NEW!