Critical care nursing : diagnosis and management / Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Mary E. Lough [editors].

Published: St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby/Elsevier, [2010]
Copyright Date: ©2010
Edition: 6th ed.
Physical Description: xxv, 1,206 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Additional Creators: Urden, Linda Diann, Stacy, Kathleen M., and Lough, Mary E.

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Contents

Unit I. Foundations of Critical Care Nursing -- Critical Care Nursing Practice -- Ethical Issues -- Legal Issues -- Genetics in Critical Care NEW! -- Patient and Family Education -- Psychosocial Alterations -- Sleep Alterations and Management -- Nutrition Alterations and Management -- Pain and Pain Management -- Sedation, Agitation, Delirium: Assessment and Management -- End-of-Life Issues -- Unit II. Special Populations -- The Pediatric Patient in the Adult Critical Care Unit -- High-Risk and Critical Care in Obstetric Issues -- Gerontologic Alterations and Management -- Perianesthesia Management -- Unit III. Cardiovascular Alterations -- Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology -- Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment -- Cardiovascular Diagnostic Procedures -- Cardiovascular Disorders -- Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management -- Unit IV. Pulmonary Alterations -- Pulmonary Anatomy and Physiology -- Pulmonary Clinical Assessment -- Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures -- Pulmonary Disorders -- Pulmonary Therapeutic Management -- Unit V. Neurologic Alterations -- Neurologic Anatomy and Physiology -- Neurologic Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures -- Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management -- Unit VI. Renal Alterations -- Renal Anatomy and Physiology -- Renal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures -- Renal Disorders and Therapeutic Management -- Unit VII. Gastrointestinal Alterations -- Gastronintestinal Anatomy and Physiology -- Gastronintestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures -- Gastronintestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management -- Unit VIII. Endocrine Alterations -- Endocrine Anatomy and Physiology -- Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures -- Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management -- Unit IX. Multisystem Alterations -- Trauma -- Shock -- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome -- Burns -- Organ Donation and Transplantation -- Hematologic Disorders and Oncologic Emergencies -- APPENDIX A. Nursing Management Plans of Care -- APPENDIX B. Physiologic Formulas for Critical Care.

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ISBN

9780323057486 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0323057489 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Related Titles

Thelan's critical care nursing

Note

Rev. ed. of: Thelan's critical care nursing / Linda D. Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Mary E. Lough [editors]. 5th ed. c2006.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Acquisition

Fayette copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2010.

Endowment Note

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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