Fast Facts for the Critical Care Nurse - Critical Care Nursing in a Nutshell

Informationen zum Autor Dina Hewett, PhD, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC, received her BSN from Brenau University, MSN from Georgia Southern University, and PhD in higher education from the University of Georgia. Klappentext This newly updated, quick-access guide for critical care nurses covers the most common admitting diagnoses and reviews their causes, signs and symptoms, and interventions. Critical care nursing requires astute assessment, adept communication, and the ability to multitask, as well as a high degree of adaptability. In the ICU, patient status and plan of care change constantly, presenting multifaceted problems for nurses and healthcare providers. This authoritative resource, with bulleted, bite-sized content, provides information to the busy ICU nurse in a heartbeat.Fast Facts for the Critical Care Nurse, Second Edition, has been updated with the most current evidence-based guidelines and standards. Now organized by body system, this reference presents the latest treatment modalities and provides quick access to lab values and hemodynamic parameters. Part I introduces the foundations of critical care. Part II progresses by body system to cover common procedures and interventions. Part III covers patient- and family-centered care, discussing palliative directives and organ donation.New to the Second Edition:Seven completely new chaptersChapter reorganization by body systemUpdated to include newest treatment modalitiesSpeedy access to appendices with common lab values, hemodynamic parameters, IV medications, and EKG rhythm examplesKey Features:Provides quick access to essential information needed on a daily basisIncludes Fast Facts boxes to help guide the readerAuthored by a respected nurse leader, educator, and AACN/Wharton Executive Leadership Fellow Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Part I FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING 1. The Critical Care Environment 2. The Electronic Medical Record and Documentation 3. Specialty Certification for Critical Care Nurses 4. Nurse Self-Care and Wellness in the ICU Part II CRITICAL CARE BY BODY SYSTEM 5. Neurological Critical Care 6. Respiratory Critical Care 7. Cardiovascular Critical Care 8. Shock and Multiple-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome 9. Gastrointestinal Critical Care 10. Renal Critical Care 11. Endocrine Critical Care 12. Trauma Critical Care 13. Transplant Critical Care 14. Burn and Integument Critical Care Part III PATIENT- AND FAMILY-CENTERED CARE 15. Withdrawal of Treatment and Terminal Extubation 16. Palliative Care in the ICU 17. Organ Donation Appendix A: Common Lab Values Appendix B: Hemodynamic Parameters Appendix C: Common Critical Care IV Medications Appendix D: Basic EKG Rhythm Examples Appendix E: Respiratory and Ventilator Terminology Appendix F: Acronyms ...

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING
1. The Critical Care Environment
2. The Electronic Medical Record and Documentation
3. Specialty Certification for Critical Care Nurses
4. Nurse Self-Care and Wellness in the ICU
Part II CRITICAL CARE BY BODY SYSTEM
5. Neurological Critical Care
6. Respiratory Critical Care
7. Cardiovascular Critical Care
8. Shock and Multiple-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
9. Gastrointestinal Critical Care
10. Renal Critical Care
11. Endocrine Critical Care
12. Trauma Critical Care
13. Transplant Critical Care
14. Burn and Integument Critical Care
Part III PATIENT- AND FAMILY-CENTERED CARE
15. Withdrawal of Treatment and Terminal Extubation
16. Palliative Care in the ICU
17. Organ Donation
Appendix A: Common Lab Values
Appendix B: Hemodynamic Parameters
Appendix C: Common Critical Care IV Medications
Appendix D: Basic EKG Rhythm Examples
Appendix E: Respiratory and Ventilator Terminology
Appendix F: Acronyms

About the author

Dina McDade Hewett, Ph.D., RN, MSN, JM, CCRN (Alumnus), received her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Brenau University in 1988, her Master of Science in nursing from Georgia Southern in 1995, and her Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Georgia in 1999. She recently completed a JM in law from Liberty University. She has worked as a cardiothoracic critical care nurse for over 15 years and in hospital administration and higher education for 20 years.

Dr. Hewett is currently the Regional Vice President – Campus Operations at Chamberlain University.

Product details

• Authors: Dina Hewett, Dina RN CCRN NEA-BC Hewett, Dina RN MSN JM CCRN (Al Hewett
• Assisted by: Dina Hewett (Editor)
• Publisher: SPRINGER PUBLISHING CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780826177162
• ISBN: 978-0-8261-7716-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Fast Facts
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General