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Priorities in Critical Care Nursing (Paperback, 9th edition)
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Priorities in Critical Care Nursing (Paperback, 9th edition)
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Focus on the most important concepts in progressive and critical
care nursing with Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition.
Ideal for students, practicing nurses undergoing in-service
training for critical care, and critical care nurses reviewing for
CCRN (R) or PCCN (R) certification, this trusted, evidence-based
textbook uses the latest, most authoritative research to help you
identify patient priorities in order to safely and expertly manage
patient care. Succinct coverage of all core critical care nursing
topics includes medications, patient safety, patient education,
problem identification, and interprofessional collaborative
management. You will learn how to integrate the technology of
critical care with the physiological needs and psychosocial
concerns of patients and families to provide the highest-quality
care. Need-to-know content reflects the realities of today's
progressive and critical care environments. UNIQUE! Balanced
coverage of technology and psychosocial concerns includes an
emphasis on patient care priorities to help you learn to provide
the highest-quality nursing care. Consistent format features a
Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures chapter followed by
one or more Disorders and Therapeutic Management chapters for each
content area. Strong quality and safety focus throughout includes
Evidence-Based Practice boxes that highlight evidence specific to
the discussion; Patient-Centered Care boxes that provide
recommendations to address patient uniqueness; Quality Improvement
boxes describing quality initiatives and implications for practice;
Teamwork and Collaboration boxes that provide guidelines for
effective handoffs, assessments, and communication between nurses
and other hospital staff; Safety boxes that highlight important
guidelines and tips to ensure patient safety in critical care
settings; and Informatics boxes that provide additional online
resources. Patient Care Management Plans at the end of the book
provide a complete care plan for every priority patient problem,
including outcome criteria, nursing interventions, and rationales.
Priority Patient and Family Education Plan boxes list priority
topics to be taught to the patient and family prior to discharge.
UPDATED! Content reflects the latest evidence-based guidelines and
national and international treatment protocols. NEW! Expanded
coverage of self-care for healthcare professionals is consistent
with the 2020-2030 Future of Nursing report. UNIQUE! Facilitating
Care Transitions chapter provides guidance to ensure patient safety
through all phases and locations of care transitions to other
departments and discharge, including patient and family education.
NEW! Trending Priorities in Healthcare boxes highlight trends and
issues inherent in society that affect health care as it is
delivered throughout various sites and geographical settings, such
as limited English proficiency (LEP), homelessness, and external
disaster preparedness. NEW! Greater emphasis on the psychosocial
and spiritual wellbeing of critical care patients. NEW! Algorithms
facilitate the use of multiple data points to design the most
evidence-based, accurate, and timely plans of care, including three
new algorithms in this edition for Protein Calorie Malnutrition,
Burns, and Pulmonary Embolus. NEW! Introduction of International
Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) diagnoses provides a
structured vocabulary to capture patient diagnosis and facilitate
patient care management to address those health issues. NEW! Case
studies for the Next Generation NCLEX (R) on the companion Evolve
website help you prepare for the revolutionary changes coming to
the NCLEX (R) Exam. NEW! Coverage of key trends includes content on
the opioid epidemic, special considerations for bariatric patients,
acute chest syndrome, and COVID-19.
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