Fast Facts for the Critical Care Nurse

Description

This newly updated, quick-access guide for critical care nurses covers the most common admitting diagnoses and reviews their causes, signs and symptoms, and interventions. Critical care nursing requires astute assessment, adept communication, and the ability to multitask, as well as a high degree of adaptability. In the ICU, patient status and plan of care change constantly, presenting multifaceted problems for nurses and healthcare providers. This authoritative resource, with bulleted, bite-sized content, provides information to the busy ICU nurse in a heartbeat. Fast Facts for the Critical Care Nurse, Second Edition, has been updated with the most current evidence-based guidelines and standards. Now organized by body system, this reference presents the latest treatment modalities and provides quick access to lab values and hemodynamic parameters. Part I introduces the foundations of critical care. Part II progresses by body system to cover common procedures and interventions. Part III covers patient- and family-centered care, discussing palliative directives and organ donation. New to the Second Edition: Seven completely new chapters Chapter reorganization by body system Updated to include newest treatment modalities Speedy access to appendices with common lab values, hemodynamic parameters, IV medications, and EKG rhythm examples Key Features: Provides quick access to essential information needed on a daily basis Includes Fast Facts boxes to help guide the reader Authored by a respected nurse leader, educator, and AACN/Wharton Executive Leadership Fellow Preface Acknowledgments Part I FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING 1. The Critical Care Environment 2. The Electronic Medical Record and Documentation 3. Specialty Certification for Critical Care Nurses 4. Nurse Self-Care and Wellness in the ICU Part II CRITICAL CARE BY BODY SYSTEM 5. Neurological Critical Care 6. Respiratory Critical Care 7. Cardiovascular Critical Care 8. Shock and Multiple-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome 9. Gastrointestinal Critical Care 10. Renal Critical Care 11. Endocrine Critical Care 12. Trauma Critical Care 13. Transplant Critical Care 14. Burn and Integument Critical Care Part III PATIENT- AND FAMILY-CENTERED CARE 15. Withdrawal of Treatment and Terminal Extubation 16. Palliative Care in the ICU 17. Organ Donation Appendix A: Common Lab Values Appendix B: Hemodynamic Parameters Appendix C: Common Critical Care IV Medications Appendix D: Basic EKG Rhythm Examples Appendix E: Respiratory and Ventilator Terminology Appendix F: Acronyms