Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management » (6th Edition)

Adaptable to any nursing framework, this classic resource provides clear, comprehensive coverage of every aspect of critical care nursing practice. It’s organized in nine units around alterations in body systems, with a focus on evidence-based practice, collaborative management, and patient safety. The depth and scope of this textbook make it a long-lasting value that you will rely on throughout nursing school and well into clinical practice.

• Evidence-Based Practice: Collaborative and Evidence-Based Practice: Nursing boxes offer the latest evidence-based management guidelines for both collaborative and nursing care and highlight the importance of basing practice on strong evidence.

• Collaborative Management boxes examine the interdependence of nursing and medical practice and demonstrate the importance of teamwork in the management of critical care patients.

• Pharmacologic Management tables in each therapeutic management chapter provide a quick summary of drug names, recommended dosages, drug actions, and special considerations for the drugs most often used in critical care.

• Nursing Diagnoses boxes in every disorders chapter list common diagnoses in priority order for each body system, encouraging critical thinking and effective decision-making.

• Patient Safety Alerts highlight potential safety issues related to chapter content as identified by the Joint Commission.

• UNIQUE! Data Collection boxes in assessment chapters outline all the information required for a complete patient assessment.

• Patient Education boxes offer quick access to the concepts that must be taught to the patient and the family before discharge from the ICU.

• Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) boxes list the important nursing actions for a variety of nursing interventions that are part of the therapeutic management of a critically ill patient.

• A new chapter on genetics gives you a solid understanding of this essential aspect of modern healthcare.

• UNIQUE! Concept maps in each disorder chapter help you understand common health conditions, including acute coronary syndrome, acute renal failure, ischemic stroke, and shock.

• Case studies address important critical care nursing topics and give you the opportunity to apply key concepts to real-world scenarios.

UNIT I. FOUNDATIONS OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING

1. Critical Care Nursing Practice
2. Ethical Issues
3. Legal Issues
4. Genetics in Critical Care NEW!
5. Patient and Family Education
6. Psychosocial Alterations
7. Sleep Alterations and Management
8. Nutrition Alterations and Management
9. Pain and Pain Management
10. Sedation, Agitation, Delirium: Assessment and Management
11. End-of-Life Issues

UNIT II. SPECIAL POPULATIONS

12. The Pediatric Patient in the Adult Critical Care Unit
13. High-Risk and Critical Care in Obstetric Issues
14. Gerontologic Alterations and Management
15. Perianesthesia Management

UNIT III. CARDIOVASCULAR ALTERATIONS

16. Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
17. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment
18. Cardiovascular Diagnostic Procedures
19. Cardiovascular Disorders
20. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management

UNIT IV. PULMONARY ALTERATIONS

21. Pulmonary Anatomy and Physiology
22. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment
23. Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures
24. Pulmonary Disorders
25. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management

UNIT V. NEUROLOGIC ALTERATIONS

26. Neurologic Anatomy and Physiology
27. Neurologic Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
28. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT VI. RENAL ALTERATIONS

29. Renal Anatomy and Physiology
30. Renal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
31. Renal Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT VII. GASTROINTESTINAL ALTERATIONS

32. Gastronintestinal Anatomy and Physiology
33. Gastronintestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
34. Gastronintestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT VIII. ENDOCRINE ALTERATIONS

35. Endocrine Anatomy and Physiology
36. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
37. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management

UNIT IX. MULTISYSTEM ALTERATIONS

38. Trauma
39. Shock
40. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
41. Burns
42. Organ Donation and Transplantation
43. Hematologic Disorders and Oncologic Emergencies

APPENDIX A: Nursing Management Plans of Care

APPENDIX B: Physiologic Formulas for Critical Care