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In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, guest editor Dr. Deborah Garbee brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Older Adults in Critical Care. Older adults often present to critical care settings with multiple co-morbidities, polypharmacy, and geriatric syndromes, and critical care nurses need knowledge and skills to address the challenges presented by older adult patients and their care. In this issue, top nursing experts discuss new models of care, approaches to assessment and management, and guidelines for critical care nurses.
- Contains 14 practice-oriented topics including delirium in older adults; biofilm and hospital-acquired infections in older adults; progressive supranuclear palsy; sepsis across the continuum; improving outcomes in cardiovascular geriatric patients related to polypharmacy; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on older adults in critical care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
List of contents
Managing Pain in an Era of Opioid Addiction
Navigating Pediatric Pain: Emerging Trends and Best Practice
Longitudinal Pain Management Claims in Maryland: Implications
Using Simulation to Illustrate Pai
Management of Neonatal Pain Associated with Circumcision
Strategies for Health Professionals in Managing Patients and Families in Critical Care Units
Guided Imagery and Other Complementary Pain Control Approaches for Critical Care Patients
Managing Chronic Pain in Ventilated Critical Care Patients
Moral Distress and Pain Management: Implications for Critical Care Nurses
Management of Hip Fractures
Chronic Postsurgical Pain
Optimizing Patient Comfort: Palliative Pain Management for Nurses in Critical Care Settings
Orthopedic Pain Management: Tools for Practicing Critical Care Nurses
