Understanding the essentials of critical care nursing /

Perrin, Kathleen Ouimet,

Understanding the essentials of critical care nursing / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin, Ph.D, RN, CCRN Carrie Edgerly MacLeod, Ph.D, APRN-BC. - Third edition. - xvi, 623 p. : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is critical care? -- Care of critical ill patients -- Respiratory failure -- Interpretation and management of basic dysrhythmias -- Cardiodynamics/ hemodynamics -- Shock -- Heart failure -- Acute coronary syndrome -- Traumatic injury -- Intracranial dysfunction -- Cerebral or cerbrovascular disorder -- Alcohol withdrawal and liver failure -- Acute gastrointestinal bleed of pancreatitis -- Care of the patient with problems in glucose metabolism -- Care of the patient with acute kidney injury -- Transplant -- Burn patient -- Sepsis -- End of life.

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Critical Care--methods.
Critical Illness--nursing.
Nursing Care--methods.



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