The compact, yet comprehensive, Manual of Critical Care Nursing: Nursing Interventions and Collaborative Management, 7th Edition is your students&aposa go-to reference forto help you provide safe, high-quality nursing care in the clinicalcritical care settings. Written in an abbreviated outline format, this easy-to-use Manual presents essential information on more than 75 disorders and conditions, as well as concepts relevant to caring for all critically ill patients and functioning in the critical care environment. Award-winning clinical nurse specialist Marianne Baird separates the content first by body system and then by disorder, with each disorder including a brief description of pathophysiology, assessment, diagnostic testing, collaborative management, nursing diagnoses, desired outcomes, nursing interventions, and patient teaching and rehabilitation. With the latest NANDA-I nursing diagnoses and new sections on Bariatric Considerations and Caring for the Elderly, this practical manual is designed to help critical care nurses and nursing students better care for any critically ill patient.
Author | BAIRD |
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Table Of Content | 1. General Concepts in Caring for the Critically Ill 2. Managing the Critical Care Environment 3. Trauma 4. Respiratory Disorders 5. Cardiac and Vascular Disorders 6. Renal Failure 7. Neurologic Disorders 8. Endocrinologic Disorders 9. Gastrointestinal Disorders 10. Hematologic/Immunologic Disorders 11. Complex Special Situations Appendixes 1. Heart and Breath Sounds 2. Glasgow Coma Scale 3. Cranial Nerves: Assessment and Dysfunctions 4. Major Deep Tendon (Muscle-Stretch) Reflexes 5. Major Superficial (Cutaneous) Reflexes 6. Inotropic and Vasoactive Medication Infusions 7. Sample Relaxation Technique 8. Abbreviations Used in this Manual |
Format | 5 x 8.25 |
Page Count | 1090 |
Publish Date | 1 Oct 2015 |