High-acuity nursing
Wagner, Kathleen Dorman
creator
Hardin-Pierce, Melanie G.
Welsh, Darlene
text
bibliography
nyu
2018
Seventh edition.
monographic
eng
xxiv, 1056 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
"Delivers critical information focusing on the adult patient, using learner-focused, active learning principles, with concise language and a user-friendly format. The book's design breaks down complex information into small, discrete chunks to assist learners in mastering the material. Self-testing is provided throughout the text, with short section quizzes and chapter post-tests"--
Part 1: Introduction to high-acuity nursing. High-acuity nursing -- Holistic care of the patient and family -- Palliative and end-of-life care -- The older adult high-acuity patient -- Part 2: Therapeutic support of the high-acuity patient. Acute pain management -- Nutrition support -- Mechanical ventilation -- Basic hemodynamic monitoring -- Basic cardiac rhythm monitoring -- Complex wound management -- Part 3: Pulmonary. Determinants and assessment of pulmonary function -- Alterations in pulmonary function -- Part 4: Cardiovascular. Determinants and assessment of cardiac function -- Alterations in cardiac function -- Alterations in myocardial tissue perfusion -- Part 5: Neurologic. Determinants and assessment of cerebral function -- Mentation and sensory motor complications of acute illness -- Acute stroke injury -- Traumatic brain injury -- Acute spinal cord injury -- Part 6: Gastrointestinal. Determinants and assessment of gastrointestinal function -- Alterations in gastrointestinal function -- Alterations in liver function -- Alterations in pancreatic function -- Part 7: Fluid and electrolytes. Determinants and assessment of fluid and electrolyte balance -- Alterations of fluid and electrolyte balance -- Alterations in kidney function -- Part 8: Hematologic. Determinants and assessment of hematologic function -- Alterations in red blood cell function and hemostasis -- Alterations in white blood cell function and oncologic emergencies -- Part 9: Nutrition and metabolism. Determinants and assessment of nutrition and metabolic function -- Metabolic response to stress -- Diabetic crises -- Part 10: Multisystem dysfunction. Determinants and assessment of oxygenation -- Multiple trauma -- Acute burn injury -- Shock states -- Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Kathleen Dorman Wagner, EdD, MSN, RN, Faculty Emerita, University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, Kentucky, Melanie G. Hardin-Pierce, DNP, RN, APRN, ACNP-BC, Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, Kentucky, Darlene Welsh, PhD, MSN, RN, Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, Kentucky.
Revision of: High acuity nursing / Pamela Stinson Kidd, Kathleen Dorman Wagner.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intensive care nursing
RT120 .I5 K53 2018
2018 D-430
WY 154
9780134459295
0134459296
2017025338
DLC
170601
20190823153811.0
ocm988900681
eng