Start here to master the concepts, technology, and procedures of
critical care nursing! Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 8th
Edition prepares you to provide safe, effective, patient-centered
care in a variety of high-acuity, progressive, and critical care
settings. Evidence-based coverage includes realistic case studies
and incorporates the latest advances in critical care. Disorders
are conveniently organized by body system or special situation, and
nursing management chapters include quick-reference nursing care
plans. This clear, concise textbook will help you develop the
knowledge and clinical reasoning skills needed for success in
today's highly complex critical care environments. Critical
Reasoning Activities are included throughout the text, promoting
development of clinical nursing judgment to help you prepare for
the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN (R) Exam. Emphasis on QSEN
competencies enables you to gain the knowledge, skills, and
attitudes needed to provide safe, high-quality health care in a
variety of high acuity, progressive, and critical care settings.
Evidence-Based Practice boxes illustrate how research evidence is
used to address problems in patient care and includes nursing
implications plus AACN's new system for Levels of Evidence: A, B,
C, D, E, and M. Universal Collaborative Plan of Care for the
Critically Ill Patient addresses key aspects of
collaborative/interprofessional care that apply to virtually all
critically ill patients. Individual Plans of Care prepare you for
clinical practice by describing patient problems, patient outcomes,
and nursing assessments and interventions with rationales. Case
studies challenge you to apply concepts to the real world, testing
your clinical nursing judgment by asking questions about
patient-specific cases with lab results. Clinical Alerts highlight
potential problems and concerns to improve patient safety and
clinical care. Laboratory Alerts emphasize the importance of
laboratory test results to critical care nursing. Medication tables
show the actions/usages, indications, dosages/routes, side effects,
and nursing implications of medications commonly used in critical
care settings. Coverage of cardiac assistive devices includes the
ECMO device for extracorporeal life support, as well as other
small, portable, bedside cardiac-assistive devices. Hemodynamic
monitoring content now emphasizes the noninvasive methods of
hemodynamic monitoring that are becoming more prominent. Coverage
of infection control addresses the QSEN safety competency and helps
provide patient protection against the growing threat of
drug-resistant infections. Nearly 300 full-color photographs and
drawings visually clarify key concepts and equipment for better
understanding of today's complex critical care environment. NEW!
Study Break questions in multiple-choice format break up the
chapters into easy-to-read content "chunks" and make it easy to
check your understanding, with answers and rationales in the back
of the book. NEW! Transplant Considerations boxes highlight
essential information related to patient care in preparation for
organ transplantation, managing complications, and preventing
rejection; coverage of palliative care supports the text's strong
focus on end-of-life care; and the revised Organ Donation chapter
focuses on a practical evaluation of dying patients for organ
donation and preservation. UPDATED! Illustrations include photos of
state-of-the art equipment to familiarize you with the modern,
high-tech critical care environment. NEW! Emphasis on patient
problems (in lieu of NANDA diagnoses) promotes interprofessional
collaborative practice by using terms that are easily understood by
various members of the healthcare team. NEW! Enhanced,
application-level questions on the companion Evolve website
emphasize prompt recognition of changing trends in patient
parameters. UPDATED! Lifespan Considerations boxes now include
information on older adults, addressing the "graying of our
population," and pregnant women. UPDATED! Genetics boxes feature a
new Genetic Concepts box.
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