Critical care nursing / Linda Bucher, Sheila Melander
Publication details: Philadelphia : Saunders, ©1999.Description: xxvii, (various pagings) : Col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 0721669174
- 9780721669175
- WY 154 B919e 1999
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Open Access | Health Sciences Library | WY 154 B919e 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | MBAL22060492 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Unit 1. Introduction to Critical Care.
1. Critical Care Across the Health Care Continuum.
2. Legal and Ethical Issues in Critical Care Nursing.
3. Professional Role of the Critical Care Nurse.
4. Impact of Critical Illness on the Patient and Family.
5. Cultural Issues in Critical Care Nursing
Unit 2. Cardiovascular Disorders.
6. Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology.
7. Cardiovascular Assessment.
8. Cardiovascular Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests.
9. Coronary Artery Disease.
10. Acute Myocardial Infarction.
11. Heart Failure.
12. Infectious Cardiac Disorders.
13. Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation
Unit 3. Respiratory Disorders.
14. Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology.
15. Respiratory Assessment.
16. Respiratory Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests.
17. Acute Respiratory Failure.
18. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
19. Common Respiratory Problems: Pulmonary Embolism, Pneumothorax, and Thoracic Pulmonary Surgery
Unit 4. Renal Disorders.
20. Renal Anatomy and Physiology.
21. Renal Assessment.
22. Renal Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests.
23. Acute Renal Failure.
24. Chronic Renal Failure and Renal Transplantation
Unit 5. Endocrine Disorders.
25. Endocrine Anatomy and Physiology.
26. Endocrine Assessment.
27. Endocrine Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests.
28. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Coma.
29. Diabetes Insipidus and Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone.
30. Thyroid Crisis and Myxedema Coma.
31. Adrenal Crisis (Addison's Disease)
Unit 6. Gastrointestinal Disorders.
32. Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology.
33. Gastrointestinal Assessment.
34. Gastrointestinal Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests.
35. Acute Gastrointestinal Bleed.
36. Hepatic Disorders.
37. Acute Pancreatitis
Unit 7. Neurologic Problems.
38. Neurologic Anatomy and Physiology.
39. Neurologic Assessment.
40. Neurodiagnostic Tests and Procedures.
41. Acute Head Injury.
42. Spinal Cord Injury.
43. Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
44. Neurovascular Disorders.
45. Seizure Disorders
Unit 8. Multisystem Disorders.
46. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease.
47. Shock.
48. Burns.
49. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome.
50. Trauma. App. Algorithms for Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
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