Binder-Ready Edition: This loose-leaf copy of the full text is a
convenient, accessible, and customizable alternative to the bound
book. With this binder-ready edition, students can personalize the
text to match their unique needs! 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 (R) 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
(R) and PCCN (R) exam preparation, this book is a one-stop resource
on the concepts and skills required for critical care nursing!
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 (R) and PCCN (R) 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. NEW! Updated
content throughout reflects the latest changes in concepts,
techniques, and technology of high acuity, progressive, and
critical care nursing. NEW! New Facilitating Care Transitions
chapter explains how critical care nurses can ensure patient safety
and provide family education through all phases and locations of
care, during transitions to other units and departments within the
facility, and during patient discharge to various sites (e.g.,
home, hospice, long-term care). NEW! Illustrated Patient-Centered
Critical Care boxes highlight a new emphasis on changing the
culture of critical care by greater inclusion of the patient and
family, with evidence-based discussions of topics such as family
meetings, debriefing after a code, patient diaries, creating a calm
environment, pet visitation, music therapy, the transition of care,
and 24/7 ICU visitation. NEW! 10 Next Generation NCLEX (R)
Exam-style case studies are provided on the Evolve website to help
prepare you for the changes in the nursing licensure exam. NEW!
Diagnosis and Patient Care Management boxes reflect a new focus on
the International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP),
providing a common language for patient problems using the
evidence-based ICNP taxonomy. NEW! Expanded coverage of key trends
includes the use of personal protective equipment in light of the
global COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid epidemic, special
considerations for bariatric patients, oncology, and acute chest
syndrome. NEW! Additional coverage of the technology required to
monitor the patient and other interprofessional team members
assists in the management of the patient and the integration of
other QSEN competencies. NEW! Psychosocial and Spiritual
Considerations chapter emphasizes the psychosocial and spiritual
wellbeing of critical care clients. NEW! Expanded coverage of
self-care for healthcare professionals equips new critical care
nurses to take the time to care for themselves as well as for their
patients. NEW! Updated illustrations improve understanding. NEW!
Key Points replace Chapter Summary features for quick reference and
study. NEW! Inclusion of Canadian/SI units promotes an
international understanding of common laboratory values, with a new
Common Laboratory Values appendix. NEW! CCN learning features
include three new Concept Maps on protein-calorie malnutrition,
burns, and pulmonary embolism; two new Case Studies on burns and
facilitating care transition; and two new Patient Care Management
Plans on stress overload and impaired spiritual status.
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