Mosby's Expert Rapid Response

Organised alphabetically, "Expert Rapid Response" covers over 100 of the most urgent patient-care situations nurses working in hospitals encounter. Each entry begins with an explanation of how or why the life-threatening circumstance occurs, and then it tells the nurse: what to look for; what to do immediately; what to do next; how to perform follow-up care; which special considerations to be aware of. Three major elements distinguish "Expert Rapid Response" from other books dealing with acute clinical situations: its highly practical alphabetical organisation; the selectivity and breadth of its content; its to-the-point entries, which get the reader to the information she needs quickly and tells her what she must know to act fast and decisively. These elements mean that "Expert Rapid Response" enables the nurse to enter any acute or life-threatening situation and know or quickly determine exactly what to do. Shell know what causes the problem, its pathophysiologic nature, what to assess, which actions to take to stabilize the patient, what to do next, and how to plan and initiate follow-up care. Insights and essential ongoing information closes the entry. This pattern infuses every entry and encourages self-confidence, analytical thinking, swift and economical interventions, and direct interactions and communication with other team members.

Table of Contents:
Abdominal pain * Acute respiratory distress syndrome * Airway obstruction * Anaphylaxis * Angina pectoris * Appendicitis * Arterial occlusion * Asthma attack * Atrial fibrillation * Atrial tachycardia * AV block, third degree * Bowel sounds, abnormal * Burns * Cardiac arrest * Cardiac tamponade * Cardiogenic shock * Central venous catheter occlusion * Cerebral aneurysm, ruptured * Cerebrovascular accident * Consciousness, altered levels of Dehydration, acute Diabetes insipidu * Diabetic ketoacidosis * Diarrhea, severe * Dissecting aneurysm * Disseminated intravascular coagulation * Drug toxicity * Dyspnea * Endocarditis * Epidural analgesia problems * Epidural hematoma * Epiglottitis, acute * Esophageal varices, bleeding * Extravasation of a vesicant * Falls * GI hemorrhage * Headache, severe * Heart failure * Hematuria and Hemoglobinuria * Hemoptysis * Hemorrhage * Hepatic failure * Hypercalcemia * Hypercapnia * Hyperglycemia * Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome * Hyperkalemia * Hypernatremia * Hypertensive crisis * Hyperthermia * Hypervolemia * Hypocalcemia * Hypoglycemia * Hypokalemia * Hyponatremia * Hypotension * Hypothermia * Hypovolemic shock * Hypoxemia * Ileus * Intracranial pressure, increased * Intestinal obstruction * I.V. catheter problems * Latex hypersensitivity reaction * Metabolic acidosis * Metabolic alkalosis * Murmur, acute onset * Myocardial infarction * Pacemaker malfunction * Pancreatitis * Pericarditis * Peritonitis * Pneumonia * Pneumothorax * Psychosis, acute * Pulmonary edema * Pulmonary embolism * Renal failure * Respiratory acidosis * Respiratory alkalosis * Respiratory arrest * Retina, detached * S3 and S4 heart sounds * Schizophrenia, acute * Seizures * Septic shock * Sickle cell crisis * Spinal cord injury * Subarachnoid hemorrhage * Subdural hematoma * Suicidal ideation * Syncope * Thyroid storm * Tracheoesophageal fistula * Tracheostomy occlusion * Transfusion reactions * Trauma, multiple * T-tube obstruction * Tube feeding aspiration * Urine output, altered * Ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia * Ventricular tachycardia * Violent patient * Vision loss * Vomiting, severe * Wound dehiscence and evisceration