Sole’s Introduction to Critical Care Nursing
- 9th Edition - June 21, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Mary Beth Flynn Makic, Lauren T Morata
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 0 3 6 - 8
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Request a sales quoteDevelop the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in critical and progressive care nursing! Sole’s Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition is a concise, easy-to-understand guide to safe and effective patient care. It also offers excellent preparation for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination.
- Balance of depth and breadth of critical care nursing content is perfect for students and practicing nurses preparing for critical and progressive care settings, and for CCRN® or PCCN® certification.
- Evidence-based, need-to-know content covers the concepts, technology, and procedures of critical and progressive care nursing, with an emphasis on patient safety and person-centered care.
- Disorders commonly seen in critical and progressive care settings are conveniently organized by body system or special situation, and nursing management chapters include quick-reference nursing care plans.
- Practical learning aids include true-to-life illustrations, integrated clinical judgment activities, case studies with additional clinical judgment questions, in-text self-check questions, a Universal Collaborative Plan of Care for the Critically Ill Patient, and more.
- Evidence-Based Practice boxes demonstrate the connection between theory and practice for specific topics, with each box including a problem, its related clinical question and evidence, and implications for nursing.
- Critical Judgment Activities are included throughout the text, promoting development of clinical nursing judgment to help you prepare for the NGN and for clinical practice.
- Clinical Alerts highlight concerns, significance, and procedures to help you understand potential problems in critical and progressive care settings.
- Hundreds of full-color photographs and drawings clarify key concepts and demonstrate equipment in the critical care environment to help you acclimate to the technology of critical and progressive care nursing.
- Evolve website includes Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Examination-style case studies, application-level questions, and much more.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Editors
- Contributors and Reviewers
- PREFACE
- Part I. Fundamental Concepts
- 1. Overview of Critical Care Nursing
- INTRODUCTION
- CRITICAL CARE NURSING
- PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- CERTIFICATION
- CLINICAL JUDGMENT MEASUREMENT MODEL
- STANDARDS
- CRITICAL CARE NURSE CHARACTERISTICS
- QUALITY AND SAFETY EMPHASIS
- EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
- HEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENT
- COLLABORATIVE PLAN OF CARE FOR THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT
- TRENDS AND ISSUES IN CARE DELIVERY
- ISSUES RELATED TO THE CRITICAL CARE NURSE
- 2. Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience
- INTRODUCTION
- THE CRITICAL CARE ENVIRONMENT
- THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT
- FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT
- DISCHARGE FROM CRITICAL CARE AND QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER CRITICAL CARE
- 3. Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing
- INTRODUCTION
- ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS, NURSE ADVOCACY, AND DECISION-MAKING
- ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
- INCREASING NURSES’ INVOLVEMENT IN ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING
- SELECTED ETHICAL TOPICS IN CRITICAL CARE
- 4. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
- INTRODUCTION
- CRITICAL CARE AT THE END-OF-LIFE
- DIMENSIONS OF END-OF-LIFE CARE
- CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND INCLUSIVE END-OF-LIFE CARE
- 5. Organ Donation
- INTRODUCTION
- TYPES OF DONATIONS
- TYPES OF ORGAN DONORS
- CARE OF THE DONOR FAMILY
- EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL ORGAN DONOR
- DONOR MANAGEMENT
- TRANSPLANT CANDIDATE EVALUATION
- 6. Comfort and Sedation
- INTRODUCTION
- DEFINITIONS
- PHYSIOLOGY
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PAIN, AGITATION, AND DELIRIUM
- ASSESSMENTS
- MANAGEMENT OF PAIN, AGITATION, AND DELIRIUM
- Part II. Tools for the Critical Care Nurse
- 7. Nutritional Therapy
- Introduction
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Assessment
- Overview of Nutritional Therapy
- 8. Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management
- INTRODUCTION
- CARDIAC PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW
- CARDIAC MONITORING
- DYSRHYTHMIA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
- BASIC DYSRHYTHMIAS
- CARDIAC PACING DEVICES
- 9. Hemodynamic Monitoring
- INTRODUCTION
- REVIEW OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- OVERVIEW OF HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING MODALITIES
- REVIEW OF COMMON INVASIVE PRESSURE MONITORING
- STROKE VOLUME OPTIMIZATION
- 10. Ventilatory Assistance
- Introduction
- Review of Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology
- Respiratory Assessment
- Oxygen Administration
- Airway Management
- Basics of Mechanical Ventilation
- Modes, Advanced Therapies, and Monitoring of Ventilatory Support
- Nursing Care
- 11. Rapid Response Teams and Code Management
- Introduction
- Rapid Response Teams
- Care Team and Equipment During A Code
- Resuscitation Efforts
- Pharmacological Intervention During A Code OR CARDIOPULMONARY EMERGENCY
- Code Documentation and Postresuscitation Actions
- Part III. Nursing Care During Critical Illness
- 12. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
- INTRODUCTION
- REVIEW OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- ASSESSMENT
- MANAGEMENT
- CLASSIFICATIONS OF SHOCK
- MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME
- 13. Cardiovascular Alterations
- Introduction
- Normal Structure and Function of The Heart
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Angina
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Cardiac Dysrhythmias
- Heart Failure
- Inflammatory Diseases
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Vascular Alterations
- 14. Nervous System Alterations
- Introduction
- ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL DIVISIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- ASSESSMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE
- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
- ACUTE STROKE
- POSTOPERATIVE NEUROSURGICAL CARE FOR INTRACRANIAL SURGERY
- TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS
- SEIZURES AND STATUS EPILEPTICUS
- CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS
- SPINAL CORD INJURY
- 15. Acute Respiratory Failure
- Introduction
- Acute Respiratory Failure
- Respiratory Failure in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Acute respiratory Failure in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Acute Respiratory Failure in Asthma
- Acute Respiratory Failure Resulting from Pneumonia
- Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Events
- Acute Respiratory Failure Resulting from Pulmonary Embolism
- Acute Respiratory Failure in Adult Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
- 16. Acute Kidney Injury
- Introduction
- Review of Anatomy and Physiology
- Pathophysiology of Acute Kidney Injury
- Assessment
- Diagnostic Procedures
- Patient Problems and Nursing Interventions
- Medical Management of Acute Kidney Injury
- 17. Hematological and Immune Disorders
- INTRODUCTION
- REVIEW OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- FOCUSED ASSESSMENT OF HEMATOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL FUNCTION
- SELECTED ERYTHROCYTE DISORDERS
- WHITE BLOOD CELL AND IMMUNE DISORDERS
- SELECTED IMMUNOLOGICAL DISORDERS
- COVID-19
- BLEEDING DISORDERS
- 18. Gastrointestinal Alterations
- INTRODUCTION
- Review of Anatomy and Physiology
- General assessment of The Gastrointestinal System
- Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Hepatic Failure
- 19. Endocrine Alterations
- Introduction
- Hormonal Regulation
- Hyperglycemia In The Critically Ill Patient
- Pancreatic Endocrine Emergencies
- Acute And Relative Adrenal Insufficiency
- Thyroid Gland In Critical Care
- Thyroid Crises
- Sodium Disorders In Critical Illness
- Pituitary Gland: Antidiuretic Hormone Disorders
- 20. Trauma and Surgical Management
- Introduction
- Trauma in The United States
- Systems Approach to Trauma Care
- Mechanism of Injury
- Disaster and Mass Casualty Management
- Emergency Care Phase: Triage
- Emergency Care Phase: Resuscitation
- Assessment and Management of Specific Injuries
- Critical Care Phase
- Special Considerations and Populations
- Rehabilitation Phase
- 21. Burns
- Introduction
- Review of Anatomy and Physiology of The Skin
- Mechanisms and Etiology of Injury
- Burn Classification and Severity
- Physiological Responses To Major Burn Injury
- Phases of Burn Care Assessment and Collaborative Interventions
- Special Considerations and Areas of Concern
- Management Priorities
- Lifespan Considerations
- Nonburn Injuries
- Discharge Planning
- Burn Prevention
- Answer Key
- INDEX
- SPECIAL FEATURES
- Edition: 9
- Published: June 21, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443110368
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443112362
- LooseLeaf ISBN: 9780443112379
- eBook ISBN: 9780443112386
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Mary Beth Flynn Makic
Mary Beth Flynn Makic has more than 30 years of critical care experience in research, evidence-based practice, and clinical education. She is a Professor at the University of Colorado College of Nursing and Program Director for the Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist graduate
program. She is also a Research Scientist at a Level I trauma center in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Makic
achieved her BSN from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. She completed her Masters of Science at the University of Maryland at Baltimore with a focus on trauma patient populations and the advanced practice role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Her PhD was conferred in 2007 by the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado. She is active locally and nationally in several professional organizations. She recently served on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. She also serves on the editorial board of several critical care journals, has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, and is a successor co-author of two Elsevier books on nursing diagnosis. Dr. Makic is well known for her passion for improving patient outcomes and nursing practice through evidence-based practice.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, University of Colorado College of Nursing, Aurora, Colorado; Nurse Scientist, Denver Health, Denver, ColoradoLM
Lauren T Morata
Lauren T. Morata is a hand-picked successor to the retiring Sole author team and served as Associate Editor on the 8th edition. Dr. Morata is an experienced critical care and trauma nurse with a passion for evidence-based practice and research. She is a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Clinical Quality at Lakeland Regional Health. Dr. Morata graduated with her BS from the University of Central Florida. She received her MSN as Clinical Nurse Specialist from the University of Cincinnati and a DNP from the University of Central Florida. She is involved in professional organizations both locally and nationally, including the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. She has been honored with awards both locally and nationally, most recently AACN’s Circle of Excellence.
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Quality, Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida