Priorities in critical care nursing / Editors, Linda Diann Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy, Mary E. Lough

Previous edition: 2016

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENTS
UNIT ONE: Foundations in Critical Care Nursing
1. Caring for the critically ill patient --
2. Ethical and legal issues --
3. Patient and family education --
UNIT TWO: Common Problems in Critical Care
4. Psychosocial alterations --
5. Nutritional alterations --
6. Gerontologic alterations --
7. Pain and pain management --
8. Sedation and delirium management --
9. End-of-life care --
UNIT THREE: Cardiovascular Alterations
10. Cardiovascular clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures --
11. Cardiovascular disorders --
12. Cardiovascular therapeutic management --
UNIT FOUR: Pulmonary Alterations
13. Pulmonary clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures --
14. Pulmonary disorders --
15. Pulmonary therapeutic management --
UNIT FIVE: Neurological Alterations
16. Neurologic clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures --
17. Neurologic disorders and therapeutic management --
UNIT SIX: Kidney Alterations
18. Kidney clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures --
19. Kidney disorders and therapeutic management --
UNIT SEVEN: Gastrointestinal Alterations
20. Gastrointestinal clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures --
21. Gastrointestinal disorders and therapeutic management --
UNIT EIGHT: Endocrine Alterations
22. Endocrine clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures --
23. Endocrine disorders and therapeutic management --
UNIT NINE: Multisystem Alterations
24. Trauma --
25. Burns --
26. Shock, sepsis, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome --
27. Hematologic disorders and oncological emergencies.

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