Understanding the essentials of critical care nursing /

Perrin, Kathleen Ouimet.

Understanding the essentials of critical care nursing / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009. - xxviii, 543 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is critical care? -- Care of the critically ill patient -- Care of the patient with respiratory failure -- Interpretation and management of basic dysrhythmias -- Cardiodynamics and hemodynamics regulation -- Care of the patient experiencing shock or heart failure -- Care of the patient with acute coronary syndrome -- Care of the patient following a traumatic injury -- Care of the patient experiencing an intracranial dysfunction -- Care of the patient with a cerebral or cerebrovascular disorder -- Care of the critically ill patient experiencing alcohol withdrawal and/or liver failure -- Care of the patient with an acute gastrointestinal bleed or pancreatitis -- Care of the patient with endocrine disorders -- Care of the patient with acute renal failure -- Care of the organ donor and transplant recipient -- Care of the acutely ill burn patient -- Care of the patient with sepsis -- Caring for the ICU patient at the end of life.

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Intensive care nursing.
Critical Care--methods.
Critical Illness--nursing.
Nursing Care--methods.

RT 120 .I5P47 2009

616.02/8

2008 K-620 WY 154 / P458u 2009
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