Priorities in critical care nursing / Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy and Mary E. Lough

CONTENT INCLUDES:

UNIT ONE Foundations in Critical Care Nursing
1.Caring for the Critically III Patient
2.Ethical and Legal Issues
3.Patient and Family Education

UNIT TWO Common Problems in Critical Care
4.Psychosocial and Spiritual Alterations and Management
5.Sleep Alterations
6.Nutritional Alterations
7.Gerontological Alterations
8.Pain and Pain Management
9.Sedation, Agitation and Delirium Management
10.End-of-Life Care

UNIT THREE Cardiovascular Alterations
11.Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
12.Cardiovascular Disorders
13.Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management

UNIT FOUR Pulmonary Alterations
14.Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
15.Pulmonary Disorders
16.Pulmonary Therapeutic Management

UNIT FIVE Neurological Alterations
17.Neurologic Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
18.Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT SIX Kidney Alterations
19.Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
20.Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT SEVEN Gastrointestinal Alterations
21.Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
22.Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT EIGHT Endocrine Alterations
23.Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
24.Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT NINE Multisystem Alterations
25.Trauma
26.Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
27.Hematologic Disorders and Oncologic Emergencies.

Includes index