A Doody's Core Title! 4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! "This book provides essential information for novice and experienced critical care nurses. Unique in its design, the first section focuses on knowledge and skills required for new nurses working in the critical care setting. Using a body systems approach, other sections provide more comprehensive information related to care of this patient population. Case studies and evidence-based practice boxes are used throughout the book.....This is a valuable addition to the library of any adult critical care nurse. Updated with the most recent information related to the care of critically ill adults, it provides detailed references, including a comprehensive pharmacological table of medications administered in the critical care setting, Advanced Cardiac Life Support algorithms, and troubleshooting guides for hemodynamic monitoring and ventilator management. It is unique in its format, building from basic to advanced content with little redundancy. Additionally, the case studies and evidence-based practice information throughout the book provide excellent opportunities for clinical application.:--Doody's Review Service

AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing

Medical Books

Chulay,Marianne

Burns,Suzanne

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

Nursing

McGraw-Hill Professional

The authoritative, evidence-based coverage you need to safely and competently care for adult, critically ill patients and their families – or prepare for the critical care nursing certification exam A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE for 2011! Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and written by top clinical experts in acute care nursing, this textbook thoroughly covers all the need-to-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, paralleling the blueprint for the critical care nursing CCRN certification examination. AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing is divided into four logical sections, which, taken as a whole, will give you complete understanding of this challenging area of nursing practice: 
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The Essentials – provides fundamental information that new clinicians must understand to provide safe, competent nursing care to all critically ill patients, regardless of their underlying medical diagnosis. </li>
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Pathological Conditions – covers pathologic conditions and management strategies commonly encountered in all adult critical care units. </li>
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Advanced Concepts in Caring for the Critically Ill Patient – presents advanced critical care concepts or pathologic conditions that are less common or more specialized than those generally found in adult critical care units. </li>
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Key Reference Information – includes reference information that you will find helpful in a clinical environment, such as normal laboratory and diagnostic values, algorithms for advanced cardiac life support, and summary tables of critical care drugs and cardiac rhythms</li>
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Each chapter begins with Knowledge Competencies that can be used to gauge your progress. This edition is compatible with ECCO (Essentials of Critical Care Orientation), the online program offered by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing, Second Edition

American Association of critical -care Nurses

Critical care nursing of the multi-injured patient

Medicine

Saunders

Core curriculum for critical care nursing

AACN Protocols for Practice: Monitoring Neuroscience Patients provides clinicians at the point of care with the latest research findings in patient care in a format which is easy to understand and integrate into clinical practice. Each protocol guides clinicians in the appropriate selection of patients, use and application of management principles, initial and ongoing monitoring, discontinuation of therapies or interventions, and selected aspects of quality control.

AACN-AANN Protocols for Practice: Monitoring Technologies in Critically Ill Neuroscience Patients: Monitoring Technologies in Critically Ill Neuroscience Patients (AACN Protocols for Practice)

American Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Jones& Bartlett Learning

AACN Protocols for Practice: Healing Environments discusses the benefits of creating a healing environment for critically ill patients and their families and how changes to a patient's environment can promote healing. Family needs, visitation, complementary therapies, and pain management are also covered.

AACN Protocols for Practice: Healing Environments, Second Editon

Health, Fitness & Dieting

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