Full Description
Designed for recently graduated RNs and nurses transitioning to a new clinical area, this extensive clinical reference is the best resource to provide essential information on the critical care and emergency care specialty areas. Concise and practical entries provide fundamental coverage of the most common clinical problems and issues encountered in nursing practice today.
Alphabetized for easy access, each entry includes a definition and description of the clinical problem; etiology; clinical aspects, such as assessment, nursing interventions, management, and implications; and outcomes.
Each entry focuses on the role of the nurse throughout the treatment process, and discusses the role of other health care providers with a focus on multidisciplinary treatment. Handbook of Clinical Nursing: Critical and Emergency Care Nursing will be of value to nursing faculty, undergraduate and graduate-level nurses, and nursing students at all levels.
Entries from this text have been selected from the larger resource, A Guide to Mastery in Clinical Nursing: The Comprehensive Reference.
Key Features:
Provides essential information on clinical topics pertinent to the critical care and emergency care specialties
Offers key knowledge for nurses new to practice or working in an unfamiliar nursing area
Presented in a consistent format for ease of use
Includes an overview of each specialty area
Focuses on the role of the nurse throughout the treatment process
Written and edited by expert clinicians and educators
Contents
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Share Handbook of Clinical Nursing: Critical and Emergency Care Nursing
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Vicki A. Keough
Abdominal Pain
Christopher J. Contino
Acid-Base Imbalances
Michael D. Gooch
Acute Abdomen
Susanna Rudy
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Andrea Efre
Acute Exacerbation of a Chronic Condition
Brenda L. Douglass
Acute Pancreatitis in Adults
Virginia Mangolds
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Kathleen C. Ashton
Acute Respiratory Failure
Breanna Hetland
Adrenal Insufficiency
Rachel K. Vanek
Back Pain
Sharon R. Rainer
Burns
Margaret Jean Carman
Burns: Classification and Severity
Melanie Gibbons Hallman and Lamon Norton
Chest Pain
Sharon R. Rainer
Child Abuse and Neglect
Patricia M. Speck, Pamela Harris Bryant, Tedra S. Smith, Sherita K. Etheridge, and Steadman McPeters
Clostridium difficile Infection
Anita Sundaresh
Continuous Veno-Venous Hemofiltration
Ian N. Saludares
Definitions of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing
Nicole M. Hartman and Courtney Vose
Dental Emergencies
Melanie Gibbons Hallman and Lamon Norton
Disaster Response
Darlie Simerson
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Joyce E. Higgins
Domestic Violence
Patricia M. Speck, Diana K. Faugno, Rachell A. Ekroos, Melanie Gibbons Hallman, Gwendolyn D. Childs, Tedra S. Smith, and Stacey A. Mitchell
Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies
Kathleen Bradbury-Golas
Elder Abuse and Neglect
Patricia M. Speck, Richard Taylor, Stacey A. Mitchell, Diana K. Faugno, and Rita A. Jablonski-Jaudon
Encephalopathy
Deborah Vinesky
Endocrine Emergencies
Diane Fuller Switzer
Environmental Emergencies
Brittany Newberry
Extracorporeal Life Support
Grant Pignatiello, Katherine Hornack, and Julie E. Herzog
Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances
Michael D. Gooch
Fluid Resuscitation
Laura Stark Bai
Heart Transplantation
S. Brian Widmar
Hepatic Failure
Leon Chen and Fidelindo Lim
Hepatitis
Ramona A. Sowers and Linda Carson
Hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemia
Laura Stark Bai
Hypertensive Crisis and Hypertension
Kathleen Bradbury-Golas
Hypothermia
Marian Nowak
Integumentary Emergencies
Susanna Rudy
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
Grant Pignatiello
Mental and Behavioral Health Emergencies
Lia V. Ludan
Neurotrauma
Anita Sundaresh
Obstetrical and Gynecological Emergency Care
Vicki Bacidore
Ophthalmic Emergencies
Shannon M. Litten
Orthopedic Emergencies in Adults
Cindy D. Kumar
Pediatric Emergencies
Rachel Tkaczyk
Psychiatric Disorders: Suicide, Homicide, Psychosis
George Byron Peraza-Smith and Yolanda Bone
Respiratory Emergencies
Dustin Spencer
Return of Spontaneous Circulation With Hypothermia Initiation
Laura Stark Bai
Seizures
Eric Roberts
Sepsis
Ronald L. Hickman, Jr.
Sexual Assault
Patricia M. Speck, Diana K. Faugno, Rachell A. Ekroos, Melanie Gibbons Hallman, Sallie J. Shipman, Martha B. Dodd, Qiana A. Johnson, and Stacey A. Mitchell
Shock and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
Jennifer Wilbeck
Solid Organ Transplantation
Marcia Johansson
Spinal Cord Injury
Lamon Norton and Melanie Gibbons Hallman
Substance Use Disorders and Toxicological Agents
Al Rundio
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Megan M. Shifrin and Ronald L. Hickman, Jr.
Thrombocytopenia in Adults
Khoa (Joey) Dang
Thyroid Crisis
Cynthia Ann Leaver
Traumatic Brain Injury
Elizabeth Wirth-Tomaszewski
Traumatic Injury
Dustin Spencer
Urologic Emergencies
Kelley Toffoli
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Nancy Jaskowak Cresse
Ventricular Assist Devices
S. Brian Widmar
The Violent Patient
Janet E. Reilly and Michael Wichowski
Index
