AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing, Second Edition

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McGraw Hill Professional, May 24, 2010 - Medical - 569 pages

The authoritative, evidence-based coverage you need to safely and competently care for adult, critically ill patients and their families – or prepare for the critical care nursing certification exam

Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and written by top clinical experts in acute care nursing, this textbook thoroughly covers all the need-to-know details on the care of adult, critically ill patients and their families. Supported by helpful tables and algorithms, the book’s practical, building-block organization starts with the basics before proceeding to more complex concepts, paralleling the blueprint for the critical care nursing CCRN certification examination.

AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing is divided into four logical sections, which, taken as a whole, will give you complete understanding of this challenging area of nursing practice:

  • The Essentials – provides fundamental information that new clinicians must understand to provide safe, competent nursing care to all critically ill patients, regardless of their underlying medical diagnosis.
  • Pathological Conditions – covers pathologic conditions and management strategies commonly encountered in all adult critical care units.
  • Advanced Concepts in Caring for the Critically Ill Patient – presents advanced critical care concepts or pathologic conditions that are less common or more specialized than those generally found in adult critical care units.
  • Key Reference Information – includes reference information that you will find helpful in a clinical environment, such as normal laboratory and diagnostic values, algorithms for advanced cardiac life support, and summary tables of critical care drugs and cardiac rhythms

Each chapter begins with Knowledge Competencies that can be used to gauge your progress. This edition is compatible with ECCO (Essentials of Critical Care Orientation), the online program offered by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

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... valve mask device • Oxygen flow meter, appropriate tubing, and appropriate oxygen delivery device • IV poles and infusion pumps • Bedside supply cart that contains such things as alcohol swabs, nonsterile gloves, syringes, chux, and ...
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... valve mask or mechanical ventilator, note the presence of spontaneous breaths and evaluate whether ventilation requires excessive pressure. If chest tubes are present, note whether they are pleural or mediastinal chest tubes. Ensure ...
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... valves, decreased stroke volume with resulting decreased cardiac output, Respiratory Decreased compliance and elasticity, decreased vital capacity, increased residual volume, less effective cough, decreased response to hypercapnia Renal ...
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... valve. The AV node has three main functions: 1. Its majorjob is to slow conduction of the impulse from the atria to the ventricles to allow time for the atria to contract and empty their blood into the ventricles. 2. Its rate of ...
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... valve disease, pulmonary disease, MI, congenital heart disease, and after cardiac surgery. If the ventricular response to atrial fibrillation is very rapid, cardiac output can be reduced secondary to decreased diastolic filling time in ...

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Contents

Section II Pathologic Conditions
219
Section III Advanced Concepts in Caring for the Critically Ill Patient
407
Section IV Key Reference Information
511
Index
549
Copyright

Other editions - View all

AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing: Pocket Handbook
Marianne Chulay,Suzanne M. Burns
Snippet view - 2005
Aacn Essentials of Critical Care Nursing
Marianne Chulay,Suzanne M. Burns
No preview available - 2005
AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing, Second Edition
Marianne Chulay,Suzanne Burns,American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
No preview available - 2010

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About the author (2010)

Marianne Chulay, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Consultant, Critical Care Nursing and Clinical Research, Chapel Hill, NC.
Suzanne M. Burns, RN, MSN, RRT, ACNP, CCRN, FAAN, FCCM, is Professor of Nursing, Acute and Specialty Care, School of Nursing; and Advanced Practice Nurse Level 2, Medicine/Medical Intensive Care Unit, University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, VA.

Bibliographic information

TitleAACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing, Second Edition
AuthorsMarianne Chulay, Suzanne Burns, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2010
ISBN0071702725, 9780071702720
Length569 pages
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Medical / Nursing / Critical & Intensive Care
  
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