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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Unit I. Foundations of Critical Care Nursing
- 1. Critical Care Nursing Practice
- Overview
- History of Critical Care
- Critical Care Nursing
- Contemporary Critical Care
- Critical Care Nursing Roles
- Critical Care Professional Accountability
- Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
- Holistic Critical Care Nursing
- Complementary and Alternative Therapies
- Technology in Critical Care
- Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
- Interdisciplinary Care Management Models and Tools
- Quality, Safety, and Regulatory Issues in Critical Care
- Healthy Work Environment
- Summary
- 2. Ethical Issues
- Differences Between Morals and Ethics
- Ethical Principles
- Conflicting Principles, Paternalism, and Medical Futility
- Professional Nursing Ethics and the Nursing Code of Ethics
- Situational and Organizational Ethical Decision Making in Critical Care
- SFNO Model for Deliberation of Ethical Problems
- Strategies for Promotion of Ethical Decision Making
- Summary
- 3. Legal Issues
- Overview
- Administrative Law: Professional Regulation
- Tort Law: Negligence and Professional Malpractice, Intentional Torts
- Constitutional Law: Patient Decision Making
- Legal Issues Looking Forward
- Summary
- 4. Genetic Issues
- Genetics and Genomics
- Genetic and Genomic Structure and Function
- Genetic Inheritance
- Obtaining Information About Genetics and Genomics
- Genetics in Critical Care
- Genetics, Genomics, and Nursing
- Human Genetics Key Terms
- Summary
- 5. Patient and Family Education
- Challenges of Patient and Family Education
- Education
- Step 1: Assessment
- Step 2: Education Plan Development
- Step 3: Implementation
- Step 4: Evaluation
- Step 5: Documentation
- Factors that Affect the Teaching-Learning Process
- Informational Needs of Families in Critical Care
- Preparation of the Patient and Family for Transfer from Critical Care
- Summary
- 6. Psychosocial Alterations and Management
- Stress
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Anxiety
- Alterations in Self-Concept
- Risk for Compromised Human Dignity
- Spiritual Challenges in Critical Care
- Coping with Stress and Illness
- Useful Psychosocial Skills
- Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
- Nurse Self-Care
- Summary
- 7. Nutrition Alterations and Management
- Nutrient Metabolism
- Assessing 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 Renal Alterations
- Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Alterations
- Nutrition and Endocrine Alterations
- Summary
- 8. Pain and Pain Management
- Importance of Pain Assessment
- Definition and Description of Pain
- Pain Assessment
- Pain Management
- Summary
- 9. Sedation, Agitation, Delirium Management
- Sedation
- Agitation
- Delirium
- Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome and Delirium Tremens
- Collaborative Management
- Summary
- 10. End-of-Life Care
- End-of-Life Experience in Critical Care
- Ethical and Legal Issues
- Comfort Care
- Decision Making
- Withdrawal or Withholding of Treatment
- Palliative Care
- Withdrawal of Mechanical Ventilation
- Professional Issues
- Organ Donation
- Family Care
- Collaborative Care
- Summary
- Unit II. Cardiovascular Alterations
- 11. Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Summary
- 12. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment
- History
- Physical Examination
- Summary
- 13. Cardiovascular Diagnostic Procedures
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Electrocardiography
- Laboratory Tests
- Diagnostic Procedures
- Summary
- 14. Cardiovascular Disorders
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Myocardial Infarction
- Sudden Cardiac Death
- Heart Failure
- Cardiomyopathy
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Endocarditis
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Atherosclerotic Diseases of the Aorta
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Carotid Artery Disease
- Venous Thromboembolism
- Hypertensive Emergency
- Summary
- 15. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
- Pacemakers
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
- Fibrinolytic Therapy
- Eligibility Criteria
- Catheter-Based Interventions for Coronary Artery Disease
- Cardiac Surgery
- Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Vascular Surgery
- Effects of Cardiovascular Medications
- Summary
- Unit III. Pulmonary Alterations
- 16. Pulmonary Anatomy and Physiology
- Thorax
- Conducting Airways
- Respiratory Airways
- Pulmonary Blood and Lymph Supply
- Ventilation
- Respiration
- Ventilation/Perfusion Relationships
- Gas Transport
- Summary
- 17. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment
- History
- Focused Clinical Assessment
- Assessment Findings of Common Disorders
- Summary
- 18. Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures
- Laboratory Studies
- Diagnostic Procedures
- Bedside Monitoring
- Summary
- 19. Pulmonary Disorders
- Acute Lung Failure
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Pneumonia
- Aspiration Pneumonitis
- Acute Pulmonary Embolism
- Status Asthmaticus
- Air Leak Disorders
- Long-Term Mechanical Ventilator Dependence
- Summary
- 20. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management
- Oxygen Therapy
- Artificial Airways
- Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
- Noninvasive Ventilation
- Positioning Therapy
- Thoracic Surgery
- Pharmacology
- Summary
- Unit IV. Neurologic Alterations
- 21. Neurologic Anatomy and Physiology
- Divisions of the Nervous System
- Microstructure of the Nervous System
- Central Nervous System
- Summary
- 22. Neurologic Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
- History
- Focused Clinical Assessment
- Diagnostic Procedures
- Laboratory Studies
- Multimodal Bedside Monitoring
- Summary
- 23. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
- Stroke
- Coma
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Craniotomy
- Intracranial Hypertension
- Pharmacologic Agents
- Summary
- Unit V. Kidney Alterations
- 24. Kidney Anatomy and Physiology
- Macroscopic Anatomy
- Vascular Anatomy
- Microscopic Structure and Function
- Nervous System Innervation
- Urine Formation
- Functions of the Kidneys
- Fluid Balance
- Electrolyte Balance
- Summary
- 25. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
- History
- Physical Examination
- Additional Assessments
- Laboratory Assessment
- Urine Toxicology Screen
- Imaging Studies
- Kidney Biopsy
- Summary
- 26. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Definitions of Acute Kidney Injury
- Assessment and Diagnosis
- At-Risk Disease States and Acute Kidney Injury
- Renal Replacement Therapy: Dialysis
- Summary
- Unit VI. Gastrointestinal Alterations
- 27. Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology
- Mouth
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Small Intestine
- Large Intestine
- Accessory Organs
- Summary
- 28. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
- History
- Focused Clinical Assessment
- Laboratory Studies
- Summary
- 29. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management
- Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Acute Liver Failure
- Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Therapeutic Management
- Pharmacologic Agents
- Summary
- Unit VII. Endocrine Alterations
- 30. Endocrine Anatomy and Physiology
- Pancreas
- Pituitary Gland and Hypothalamus
- Thyroid Gland
- Adrenal Gland
- Summary
- 31. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
- History
- Pancreas
- Pituitary Gland
- Thyroid Gland
- Adrenal Gland
- Summary
- 32. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management
- Neuroendocrinology of Stress And Critical Illness
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone
- Thyroid Storm
- Myxedema Coma
- Summary
- Unit VIII. Multisystem Alterations
- 33. Trauma
- Domestic Violence and Trauma
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse and Trauma
- Mechanism Of Injury
- Phases of Trauma Care
- Specific Trauma Injuries
- Complications of Trauma
- Special Considerations
- Summary
- 34. 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
- Summary
- 35. Burns
- Anatomy and Functions of the Skin
- Pathophysiology and Etiology of Burn Injury
- Classification of Burn Injury
- Initial Emergency Burn Management
- Special Management Considerations
- Burn Nursing Diagnoses and Management
- Stressors of Burn Nursing
- Summary
- 36. Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Organ Donation
- Immunology of Transplant Rejection
- Heart Transplantation
- Heart-Lung Transplantation
- Single-Lung and Double-Lung Transplantation
- Liver Transplantation
- Kidney Transplantation
- Pancreas Transplantation
- Summary
- 37. Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies
- Overview of Coagulation and Fibrinolysis
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
- Thrombocytopenia
- Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Tumor Lysis Syndrome
- Anemia of Critical Illness
- Summary
- Unit IX. Special Populations
- 38. The Obstetric Patient
- Physiologic Alterations in Pregnancy
- Physiologic Changes During Labor and Delivery
- Cardiac Disorders in Pregnancy
- Hypertensive Disease
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
- Shock
- Pulmonary Dysfunction
- Trauma
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Risks to Fetal Development
- Summary
- 39. The Pediatric Patient
- Respiratory System
- Cardiovascular System
- Nervous System
- Gastrointestinal System, Fluids, And Nutrition
- Pain Management
- Psychosocial Issues of the Child and Family
- Summary
- 40. The Older Adult Patient
- Chronic Disease in Older Adults
- Heart Disease and Age-Related Changes of the Cardiovascular System
- Oncologic Issues in Critically Ill Older Adults
- Age-Related Changes of the Respiratory System and Pulmonary Disease
- Accidents and Trauma in Older Adults
- Renal System in Older Adults
- Gastrointestinal System in Older Adults
- Diabetes in Older Adults
- Immune System in Older Adults
- Integumentary and Musculoskeletal Systems in Older Adults
- Pharmacologic Therapy in Older Adults
- Long-Term Complications of Critical Care for Older Adults
- Conclusion
- 41. The Perianesthesia Patient
- Selection of Anesthesia
- General Anesthesia
- Anesthetic Agents
- Perianesthesia Assessment and Care
- Management of Postanesthesia Problems and Emergencies
- Summary
- Appendix A. Nursing Management Plans of Care
- Appendix B. Physiologic Formulas for Critical Care
- Index
- Special Features
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