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Informationen zum Autor Kathy Booker is Director and Professor, Millikin University School of Nursing, Illinois, USA. She has held former positions as Specialty Director of the Adult Advanced Practice Program in the School of Nursing, Yale University, Connecticut, USA, and Dean of the College of Professional Studies at Millikin University. She has been certified as a Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) for over twenty years, currently holding alumnus status CCRN. She practiced as a critical care RN and Clinical Nurse Specialist for over twenty-five years. Klappentext Providing an easy-to-use reference, Critical Care Nursing outlines best practice for the assessment, monitoring and treatment of critically ill adult patients. Each chapter includes research and evidence-based strategies for treating commonly-seen conditions.Initial chapters introduce ICU set-up and operation, the rapid response team, vitals measurement and shock management strategies. Subsequent chapters, structured by organ system, focus on care relating to specific organ function and dysfunction, including the respiratory, cardiovascular, neurologic, renal and gastrointestinal systems. Key information on monitoring for overdoses, special considerations in traumatic injury and end-of-life concerns is also included.Critical Care Nursing is a comprehensive and informative resource for experienced staff nurses and advanced practice nurses working with critically ill patients on ICUs, PCUs, transitional care units and within emergency care departments. Zusammenfassung Providing an easy-to-use reference, Critical Care Nursing outlines best practice for the assessment, monitoring and treatment of critically ill adult patients. Each chapter includes research and evidence-based strategies for treating commonly-seen conditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors, xv Critical Care Nursing: Monitoring and Treatment for Advanced Nursing Practice, xvii Kathy J. Booker 1 Philosophy and treatment in US critical care units, 1 Kathy J. Booker US critical care units, 1 Organization of critical care delivery, 1 Monitoring and surveillance in critical care, 2 Surveillance, 2 Nursing certification and competency in critical care units, 3 US national critical care organizations, 4 American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 4 Society of Critical Care Medicine, 5 Acute care advanced practice nursing, 5 Clinical nurse specialists, 6 Acute care nurse practitioners, 6 Critical care and ACNP outcomes research, 7 Evolution of families in the critical care unit, 8 Progression and development of rapid response teams, 9 2 Vital measurements and shock syndromes in critically ill adults, 13 Kathy J. Booker and Laura Kierol Andrews Monitoring basic vital signs, 13 Temperature monitoring, 14 Hypothermia, 14 Complications of cooling, 15 Hyperthermia, 17 Heatstroke management, 17 Malignant hyperthermia, 17 Heart rate monitoring, 18 Blood pressure monitoring, 19 Oscillometric blood pressure measurement, 20 Aneroid measurement, 20 Arterial pressure measurement, 20 Respiratory monitoring, 21 Capnography, 21 Shock conditions in critically ill adults, 22 Cardiogenic shock, 23 Anaphylactic shock, 24 Hypovolemic shock, 24 Sepsis syndromes, 26 SIRS, sepsis, and septic shock, 26 Monitoring and treatment priorities in sepsis syndromes, 28 Sepsis diagnosis, 28 Body temperature, 29 Cultures, 29 Intravascular catheters, 29 Other infectious complications in critically ill adults, 29 Pulmonary infections, 29 Urinary tract infections, 30 Monitoring during transport, 30 3 Monitoring for...
List of contents
Contributors, xv
Critical Care Nursing: Monitoring and Treatment for Advanced Nursing Practice, xvii
Kathy J. Booker
1 Philosophy and treatment in US critical care units, 1
Kathy J. Booker
2 Vital measurements and shock syndromes in critically ill adults, 13
Kathy J. Booker and Laura Kierol Andrews
3 Monitoring for respiratory dysfunction, 35
Alexander P. Johnson and Jennifer Abraham
4 Electrocardiographic monitoring for cardiovascular dysfunction, 57
Catherine Winkler
5 Hemodynamic monitoring in critical care, 73
Kathy J. Booker
6 Monitoring for neurologic dysfunction, 87
Janice L. Hinkle and Carey Heck
7 Monitoring for renal dysfunction, 104
Dawn Cooper
8 Monitoring for blood glucose dysfunction in the intensive care unit, 119
Laura Kierol Andrews
9 Monitoring for hepatic and GI dysfunction, 126
Eleanor R. Fitzpatrick
10 Traumatic injuries: special considerations, 146
Catherine Bond and Mary Beth Voights
11 Oncologic emergencies in critical care, 167
Lisa M. Barbarotta
12 End-of-life concerns, 201
Kathy J. Booker
13 Monitoring for overdoses, 210
Linda M. Dalessio
Index, 264
