Priorities in Critical Care NursingIn this essentials version of the bestselling critical care nursing textbook (Thelan's Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management, 5th Edition), Priorities in Critical Care Nursing, 5th Edition concisely addresses all of the core critical care nursing topics and helps you identify priorities to effectively manage patient care. Priorities in Critical Care Nursing also covers ethical and legal issues, patient and family education, psychosocial alterations, sleep alterations, nutritional alterations, gerontologic considerations, and end-of-life care.
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UNIT ONE 10 EndofLife Care 109 | 1 |
which serve to alert the nurse to special evidence health care and nursing an organizational format that | 2 |
Patient and Family Education | 21 |
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