Critical Care Nursing, 10th Edition. Diagnosis and Management

• NEW! Updated content reflects the latest concepts, techniques, and technology of progressive and critical care nursing, and includes an emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion, and overcoming health disparities, as specified in the 2021 AACN Essentials and the 2020-2030 Future of Nursing Report.
• NEW! Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) boxes address specific determinants of health and offer insights into future research and policy recommendations, summarizing the impact of SDOH on critically ill patients.
• NEW! Supporting the Well-Being of Nurses boxes use vignettes to introduce and illustrate a model of nursing well-being.
• NEW! Informatics boxes explore the use of information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making in nursing practice.
• NEW! Disorder Summary figures in the disorders chapters make it easier to understand complex medical conditions.
• Comprehensive, evidence-based content addresses all aspects of today’s progressive and critical care nursing practice, and includes references and online resources for further research and study.
• Consistent organization within each body-system unit provides an efficient framework for classroom learning, for CCRN^® and PCCN^® certification preparation, and for reference in clinical practice.
• Case studies promote critical thinking by asking you to consider a patient’s history, clinical assessment, diagnostic procedures, and diagnoses in order to solve clinical problems.
• Patient care management plans incorporate the diagnosis, signs and symptoms, outcomes, and nursing interventions with rationales.
• UNIQUE! Facilitating Care Transitions chapter explains how critical care nurses can ensure patient safety and provide family education through all phases and locations of care, during transitions to other units and departments within the facility, and during patient discharge to various sites (e.g., home, hospice, long-term care).
• UNIQUE! Illustrated Patient-Centered Critical Care boxes highlight the trend to patient and family involvement, with discussions of topics such as family meetings, debriefing after a code, patient diaries, creating a calm environment, pet visitation, music therapy, the transition of care, and 24/7 ICU visitation.
• Pharmacologic Management tables summarize common medications used for the treatment of various disorders, along with any special considerations.
• Patient and Family Education Plan boxes introduce the home care topics to teach the patient and family prior to discharge.
• Expanded Case studies for the Next-Generation NCLEX^® Examination (NGN) are provided on the Evolve website to help you prepare for the latest nursing licensure exam.

CONTENTS

UNIT I: Foundations of Critical Care Nursing
1. Critical Care Nursing Practice
2. Ethical and Legal Issues
3. Genetic Issues
4. Facilitating Care Transitions
5. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations
6. Nutrition Alterations and Management
7. Pain and Pain Management
8. Sedation, Agitation, and Delirium Management
9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care
UNIT II: Cardiovascular Alterations
10. Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
11. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment
12. Cardiovascular Diagnostic Procedures
13. Cardiovascular Disorders
14. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management
UNIT III: Pulmonary Alterations
15. Pulmonary Anatomy and Physiology
16. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment
17. Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures
18. Pulmonary Disorders
19. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management
UNIT IV: Neurologic Alterations
20. Neurologic Anatomy and Physiology
21. Neurologic Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
22. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT V: Kidney Alterations
23. Kidney Anatomy and Physiology
24. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
25. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT VI: Gastrointestinal Alterations
26. Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology
27. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
28. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT VII: Endocrine Alterations
29. Endocrine Anatomy and Physiology
30. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures
31. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management
UNIT VIII: Multisystem Alterations
32. Trauma
33. Sepsis, Shock, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
34. Burns
35. Organ Donation and Transplantation
36. Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies
Unit IX: Special Populations
37. The Obstetric Patient
38. The Pediatric Patient
39. The Older Adult Patient
Appendix A: Patient Care Management Plans
Appendix B: Physiologic Formulas for Critical Care
Appendix C: Canadian Laboratory Values