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• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Reviewer
• Dedication
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Unit 1. Foundations in Critical Care Nursing
• 1. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
• Contemporary Critical Care
• Critical Care Nursing Roles
• Critical Care Nursing Professional Accountability
• Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
• Diagnosis And Patient Care Management
• Holistic Critical Care Nursing
• Complementary And Alternative Therapies
• Technology In Critical Care
• Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
• Interdisciplinary Care Management Tools
• Quality, Safety, And Regulatory Issues In Critical Care
• Quality And Safety Resources
• Healthy Work Environment
• 2. Ethical and Legal Issues
• Morals
• Ethics
• Ethical Problems
• Nurses and Moral Distress
• Virtues
• Ethical Principles
• Professional Nursing Ethics and the Nursing Code of Ethics
• Legal Issues
• Tort Law: Negligence and Professional Malpractice, Intentional Torts
• Constitutional Law: Patient Decision Making
• 3. Facilitating Care Transitions
• Care Transitions
• Core Components To Any Care Transition
• Special Considerations During Care Transitions
• Additional Resources
• Unit 2. Common Problems in Critical Care
• 4. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
• Stress
• Stressors in Critical Care
• Coping With Stress And Illness
• Alterations in Self-Concept
• Compromised Dignity
• Spiritual Responses
• Psychosocial Support
• Family-Centered Care
• Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders
• Post–Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
• Self-Care for Nurses
• 5. Nutritional Alterations and Management
• Nutrient Metabolism
• Priority Clinical Assessment of Nutrition Status
• Implications of Undernutrition for Sick or Stressed Patients
• Nutrition Support
• Nutrition and Cardiovascular Alterations
• Nutrition and Pulmonary Alterations
• Nutrition and Neurologic Alterations
• Nutrition and Kidney Alterations
• Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Alterations
• Nutrition and Endocrine Alterations
• Nutrition and Surgery
• Additional Resources
• 6. The Older Adult
• Critical Care and The Older Adult
• Age-Related Changes in the Older Adult
• Diabetes in Older Adults
• Complications of Critical Care for Older Adults
• Additional Resources
• 7. Pain and Pain Management
• Pain Assessment
• Definition and Description of Pain
• Pain Assessment
• Pain Management
• Nonpharmacologic Pain Management
• Additional Resources
• 8. Sedation and Delirium Management
• Sedation
• Agitation
• Delirium
• Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome and Delirium Tremens
• Collaborative Management
• Additional Resources
• 9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
• Palliative Care
• End-Of-Life Care
• Comfort Care
• Decision Making
• Withdrawal Or Withholding Of Treatment
• Professional Issues
• Family Care
• Collaborative Care
• Additional Resources
• Unit 3. Cardiovascular Alterations
• 10. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
• Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment
• Hemodynamic Monitoring
• Electrocardiography
• Laboratory Tests
• Diagnostic Procedures
• Additional Resources
• 11. Cardiovascular Disorders
• Preventing Cardiovascular Disease
• Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Myocardial Infarction
• Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death
• Heart Failure
• Cardiomyopathy
• Endocarditis
• Valvular Heart Disease
• Additional Resources
• 12. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
• Pacemakers
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
• Fibrinolytic Therapy
• Eligibility Criteria
• Catheter-Based Interventions for Coronary Artery Disease
• Cardiac Surgery
• Mechanical Circulatory Support
• Cardiovascular Medications
• Additional Resources
• Unit 4. Pulmonary Alterations
• 13. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
• History
• Priority Clinical Assessment
• Laboratory Studies
• Diagnostic Procedures
• Respiratory Monitoring
• Additional Resources
• 14. Pulmonary Disorders
• Acute Lung Failure
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Pneumonia
• Aspiration Pneumonitis
• Acute Pulmonary Embolism
• Status Asthmaticus
• Long-Term Mechanical Ventilator Dependence
• Additional Resources
• 15. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management
• Oxygen Therapy
• Artificial Airways
• Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
• Noninvasive Ventilation
• Positioning Therapy
• Thoracic Surgery
• Pulmonary Pharmacology
• Additional Resources
• Unit 5. Neurological Alterations
• 16. Neurologic Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
• History
• Priority Clinical Assessment
• Laboratory Studies
• Diagnostic Procedures
• Neurologic Monitoring
• Additional Resources
• 17. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
• Stroke
• Coma
• Intracranial Hypertension
• Craniotomy
• Pharmacologic Agents
• Additional Resources
• Unit 6. Kidney Alterations
• 18. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
• History
• Priority Clinical Assessment
• Laboratory Studies
• Diagnostic Procedures
• Additional Resources
• 19. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
• Acute Kidney Injury
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• Renal Replacement Therapy: Dialysis
• Kidney Pharmacology
• Additional Resources
• Unit 7. Gastrointestinal Alterations
• 20. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
• History
• Priority Clinical Assessment
• Laboratory Studies
• Diagnostic Procedures
• Additional Resources
• 21. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management
• Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
• Acute Pancreatitis
• Acute Liver Failure
• Gastrointestinal Surgery
• Endoscopic Procedures
• Gastrointestinal Pharmacology
• Additional Resources
• Unit 8. Endocrine Alterations
• 22. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
• Pancreas
• Pituitary Gland
• Thyroid Gland
• Adrenal Gland
• Additional Resources
• 23. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management
• Acute Neuroendocrine Response To Critical Illness
• Pancreatic Disorders
• Pituitary Gland Disorders
• Syndrome Of Inappropriate Secretion Of Antidiuretic Hormone
• Thyroid Gland Disorders
• Myxedema Coma
• Additional Resources
• Unit 9. Multisystem Alterations
• 24. Trauma
• Mechanism of Injury
• Phases of Trauma Care
• Specific Trauma Injuries
• Complications of Trauma
• Special Considerations in Trauma
• Additional Resources
• 25. Burns
• Anatomy and Functions of the Skin
• Etiology and Pathophysiology of Burn Injury
• Classification of Burn Injury
• Initial Emergency Burn Management
• Special Management Considerations
• Burn Injury Clinical Course
• Stressors of Burn Nursing
• Additional Resources
• 26. Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
• Shock Syndrome
• Hypovolemic Shock
• Cardiogenic Shock
• Anaphylactic Shock
• Neurogenic Shock
• Sepsis and Septic Shock
• Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
• Additional Resources
• 27. Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies
• Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
• Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
• Sickle Cell Anemia
• Tumor Lysis Syndrome
• Additional Resources
• Appendix A. Patient Care Management Plans
• Appendix B. Physiologic Formulas for Critical Care
• Appendix C. Laboratory Values
• Index
• Special Features