ACCCN's critical care nursing
Provides detailed coverage of a number of specialty areas within critical care nursing including intensive care, emergency nursing, cardiac nursing, neuroscience nursing and acute care. It will encourage students to be reflective practitioners, ethical decision makers and providers of evidence based care
xxi, 737 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
9780729537704, 0729537706
77549208
Section One. The scope of critical care. 1. Scope of critical care practice / Leanne Aitken, Wendy Chaboyer, Doug Elliott
2. Resourcing critical care / Denise Harris, Ged Williams
3. Clinical information / Harriet Adamson, Doug Elliott
4. Practice development / Ruth Endacott, Wendy Chaboyer
5. Care across the continuum / Wendy Chaboyer, Doug Elliott
6. Ethical issues in critical care / Susan Bailey, Amanda Rischbieth. Section Two. Principles and practice of critical care. 7. Assessment, monitoring & diagnostics / Bridie Kent, Bruce Dowd
8. Psychosocial and cultural care of the critically ill / Marion Mitchell, Denise Wilson, Vicki Wade
9. Essential nursing care of the critically ill patient / Paul Fulbrook, Bernadette Grealy
10. Support of cardiovascular function / Robyn Gallagher, Malcolm Dennis
11. Support of respiratory function / Sidney Cuthbertson, Michelle Kelly
12. Support of neurological function / Di Chamberlain, Wendy Swope
13. Support of renal function / Ian Baldwin, Gavin Leslie
14. Support of metabolic function / Andrea Marshall, Martin Boyle
15. Management of multiorgan dysfunctions / Melanie Greenwood, Marghie Murgo. Section Three. Specialty practice in critical care. 16. Emergency presentations / David Johnson, Mark Wilson
17. Trauma management / Leanne Aitken, Louise Niggemeyer
18. Resuscitation / Trudy Dwyer
19. Specialty Cardiac Care / Malcolm Dennis, Robyn Gallagher
20. Paediatric considerations in critical care / Tina Kendrick, Anne Morrison
21. Organ donation and transplantation / Judy Currey, Suzana Dimovski, Jane Treloggen
Appendices
Glossary