Critical Care Nursing
Diagnosis and Management
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Winner of the 2nd-place American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award in emergency/critical care nursing for 2021!**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Pu… seeMoreDescription
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Winner of the 2nd-place American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award in emergency/critical care nursing for 2021!
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Critical Care**
Prepare for success in today’s high acuity, progressive, and critical care settings! Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management, 9th Edition helps you understand and apply critical care nursing principles and concepts to clinical assessment, diagnostic procedures, and therapeutic management. Known for its comprehensive coverage, this leading textbook uses a logical, body systems organization to address the care of patients with physiological alterations. New to this edition are illustrated Patient-Centered Critical Care features aimed at "humanizing the ICU" as well as Next Generation NCLEX® Exam–style case studies to help you further develop your clinical judgment skills and prepare for the latest nursing licensure exam. Also ideal for CCRN® and PCCN® exam preparation, this book is a one-stop resource on the concepts and skills required for critical care nursing!
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- Time-tested, high-quality content addresses all aspects of today’s high acuity, progressive, and critical care nursing
- Consistent organization within each body-system unit provides an efficient framework for learning, for CCRN® and PCCN® certification preparation, and for reference in clinical practice
- Comprehensive, evidence-based content is highly referenced and includes internet resources for further research and study
- Enhanced Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) integration links text content to QSEN competencies, through the addition of QSEN-related questions in case studies, QSEN-labeled features and boxes, QSEN content icons, and highlighted QSEN information
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Students in undergraduate critical care nursing courses (primarily BSN and RN-to-BSN); Students in master's-level critical care nursing courses; Nurses in clinical practice being oriented to progressive and critical care units
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1. Critical Care Nursing Practice
2. Ethical Issues
3. Legal Issues
4. Genetic Issues
5. Facilitating Care Transitions New title/focus!
6. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations New title/focus!
7. Nutrition Alterations and Management New title/focus!
8. Pain and Pain Management
9. Sedation, Agitation, and Delirium Management
10. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
UNIT 2: CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS
11. Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
12. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment
13. Cardiovascular Diagnostic Procedures
14. Cardiovascular Disorders
15. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
UNIT 3: PULMONARY ALTERATIONS
16. Pulmonary Anatomy and Physiology
17. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment
18. Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures
19. Pulmonary Disorders
20. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management
UNIT 4: NEUROLOGIC ALTERATIONS
21. Neurologic Anatomy and Physiology
22. Neurologic Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
23. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT 5: KIDNEY ALTERATIONS
24. Kidney Anatomy and Physiology
25. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
26. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT 6: GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS
27. Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology
28. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
29. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT 7: ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS
30. Endocrine Anatomy and Physiology
31. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
32. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT 8: MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS
33. Trauma
34. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
35. Burns
36. Organ Donation and Transplantation
37. Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies
UNIT 9: SPECIAL POPULATIONS
38. The Obstetric Patient
39. The Pediatric Patient
40. The Older Adult Patient
Appendix
A: Patient Care Management Plans
B: Physiologic Formulas for Critical Care
C: Canadian/SI Units
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Linda D. Urden
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Kathleen M. Stacy
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