Priorities in Critical Care NursingPRIORITIES IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING succinctly addresses all the topics crucial to students or beginning critical care nurses. Designed for 9-13 week critical care classes, this new edition prepares the reader to integrate the technology of critical care with psychosocial concerns in order to provide high-quality nursing care. Discussions of pathophysiology, disorders, medical, and nursing management are research-based. Covering everything from the foundations of critical care nursing practice to nursing management, the reader will easily identify essential information with the help of special callout boxes throughout the text. Each nursing management plan incorporates nursing diagnosis, etiologic or related factors, clinical manifestations, and interventions with rationales, all liberally cross-referenced throughout the book. Spanish version also available, ISBN: 84-8174-553-7 |
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UNIT TEN Nursing Management Plans Nursing Management of Renal | 4 |
Legal and Ethical Issues | 9 |
Patient and Family Education | 21 |
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