AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing 3rd Edition, ISBN-13: 9780071822794

AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing 3rd Edition by Suzanne M. Burns, ISBN-13:9780071822794
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Series: Chulay, AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing
624 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical; 3 edition (May 14, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071822798
ISBN-13: 978-0071822794

Concise yet thorough guidance on how to safely and competently care for adult, critically ill patients and their families

A Doody’s Core Title for 2017!

Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and written by top clinical experts in critical care nursing, this textbook covers all the must-know details on the care of adult, critically ill patients and their families. Supported by helpful tables and algorithms, the book’s practical, building-block organization starts with the basics before proceeding to more complex concepts. AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing includes essential content found in ECCO (Essentials of Critical Care Orientation, an online program offered by AACN), key information necessary to successfully prepare for CCRN certification in critical care nursing, and much more. AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing is divided into four sections:

THE ESSENTIALS — presents core information that new clinicians must understand to provide safe, competent nursing care to all critically ill patients, regardless of their underlying medical diagnoses

PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS — covers pathologic conditions and management strategies commonly encountered among adult critical care patients

ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN CARING FOR THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT — moves beyond the essentials and presents advanced critical care concepts or pathologic conditions that are less common or more specialized than expected in critical care practice

KEY REFERENCE INFORMATION — features normal laboratory and diagnostic values, algorithms for advanced cardiac life support, troubleshooting guides for hemodynamic monitoring, summary tables of critical care drugs, and cardiac rhythms and treatment guides

Learning aids include Knowledge Competencies that can be used to gauge progress and “Essential Content” case studies with questions and answers to further reinforce your knowledge.

Table of contents:

Content: Assessment of critically ill patients and their families / Mary Fran Tracy —
Planning care for critically ill patients and their families / Mary Fran Tracy —
Interpretation and management of basic cardiac rhythms —
Carol Jacobson —
Hemodynamic monitoring / Leanna R. Miller —
Airway and ventilatory management / Robert E. St. John and Maureen A. Seckel —
Pain, sedation, and neuromuscular blockade management / Yvonne D’arcy and Suzanne M. Burns —
Pharmacology / Earnest Alexander —
Ethical and legal considerations / Sarah Delgado —
Cardiovascular system / Barbara Leeper —
Respiratory system / Maureen Seckel —
Multisystem problems / Ruth M. Kleinpell —
Neurologic system / Dea Mahanes —
Hematologic and immune systems / Diane K. Dressler —
Gastrointestinal system / Deborah A. Andris, Elizabeth Krzywda, Carol Rees Parrish, and Joe Krenitsky —
Renal system / Carol Hinkle —
Endocrine system / Christine Kessler —
Trauma / Allen Wolfe and Benjamin W. Hughes —
Advanced ECG concepts / Carol Jacobson —
Advanced cardiovascular concepts / Barbara Leeper —
Advanced respiratory concepts : modes of ventilation / Suzanne M. Burns —
Advanced neurologic concepts / Dea Mahanes —
Normal values table / Suzanne M. Burns —
Pharmacology tables / Earnest Alexander —
Advanced cardiac life support algorithms / Suzanne M. Burns —
Hemodynamic troubleshooting guide / Leanna R. Miller —
Cardiac rhythms, ECG characteristics, and treatment guide / Carol Jacobson.

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