Critical Care Nursing Certification: Preparation, Review, and Practice Exams, Sixth EditionThe best review available for Critical Care certification A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE for 2011! Critical Care Nursing Certification is a complete step-by-step guide that thoroughly covers everything you need to know to pass the examination administered by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). Presented in short, easy-to-read chapters, the book includes subject-specific practice exams, allowing you to target your study and quickly identify weak areas. In addition, the handy "Editor's Note" feature explains changes to the exam, highlights what's important, and alerts you to the number of questions you should expect on a given topic. Everything you need to pass the Critical Care certification exam:
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... HEART RATE The other regulator of cardiac output, heart rate, can be used as a guide to therapy and assessment. The heart rate is regulated by the autonomic nervous system through sympathetic (adrenergic) and parasympathetic ...
... heart rate. For example, if a patient has a heart rate of120 beats per minute, the clinician must rule out a fever or anxiety or pain before assuming that the heart rate is increased due to a reduced stroke volume. If the heart rate is ...
... heart rate Ketamine PCP—phencyclidine Increased heart rate and blood pressure, impaired motor function, memory loss/delirium, respiratory depression and arrest Aggression, panic, hallucinations, violence/mood and cognitive alterations ...
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Part I Cardiovascular | 1 |
Part II Pulmonary | 171 |
Part III Endocrine | 263 |
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