Description
- NEW! Content on the implications of the global COVID-19 pandemic for critical care nursing includes new content on proning as a standard critical care procedure and expanded coverage of nursing self-care — including new Nursing Self-Care boxes, consistent with the 2021 Future of Nursing report.- NEW! Expanded tools for the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Exam includes more coverage of the six cognitive skills of NCSBN's Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, with new use of the cognitive skills along with nursing process terminology, expanded use of clinical judgment terminology, and expanded, newly interactive NGN-style case studies on the Evolve website.- NEW! Updated content reflects the latest evidence-based developments as well as national and international guidelines.- NEW! Integration of the 2021 AACN Essentials features special emphasis on Clinical Judgment and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, including the use of non-gendered language and illustrations with enhanced diversity.- NEW! Key Points bulleted lists reinforce the most important content in each chapter.
Table of Contents
1 Overview of Critical Care Nursing2 Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience3 Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing4 Palliative and End-of-Life Care5 Organ Donation6 Comfort and Sedation7 Nutritional Therapy8 Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management9 Hemodynamic Monitoring10 Ventilatory Assistance11 Rapid Response Teams and Code Management12 Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome13 Cardiovascular Alterations14 Nervous System Alterations15 Acute Respiratory Failure16 Acute Kidney Injury17 Hematological and Immune Disorders18 Gastrointestinal Alterations19 Endocrine Alterations20 Trauma and Surgical Management21 Burns
