Priorities in critical care nursing /

Priorities in critical care nursing / Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Mary E. Lough. - 6th ed. - St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier/Mosby, c2012. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Caring for the critically ill patient -- Ethical and legal issues -- Patient and family education -- Psychosocial alterations -- Sleep alterations -- Nutritional alterations -- Gerontological alterations -- Pain and pain management -- Sedation, delirium, and alcohol withdrawal syndrome: assessment and management -- End-of-life care -- Cardiovascular clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Cardiovascular therapeutic management -- Pulmonary clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Pulmonary disorders -- Pulmonary therapeutic management -- Neurological clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Neurological disorders and therapeutic management -- Renal clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Renal disorders and therapeutic management -- Gastrointestinal clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Gastrointestinal disorders and therapeutic management -- Endocrine clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Endocrine disorders and therapeutic management -- Trauma -- Shock, sepsis, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Hematological disorders and oncological emergencies.

9780323074612 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Critical Care.
Nursing Care.
Critical Illness--nursing.

RT120 / .U73 2012

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