Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference

Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference 3/e condenses the most essential critical care nursing information into one easy-access format providing precise acute care management strategies. The book's format provides easy access to information needed by the critical care nurse in a number of settings. Appendixes supplement the text with formulas, laboratory values, and scoring tools. The third edition includes a new introduction regarding the role, responsibilities, and routine of critical care nurses; expanded information on pain, Infection control, and cardiac surgery patients in the critical care unit; updated terminology, topics, modalities, and treatments; and comparisons of acute and chronic conditions where applicable. A new pharmaco-therapy chapter also provides drug Interactions and pharmacokinetics.

Table of Contents:
CRITICAL CARE PATIENT ASSESSMENT GUIDES . Patient assessment guides . Cultural assessment . Family assessment . Analyzing a symptom . Self report scales . Head-to-toe survey . Neurological assessment . Pulmonary assessment . Cardiovascular assessment . Gastrointestinal assessment . Genitourinary assessment . SCORING SYSTEMS FOR THE ICU PATIENT . Apache III . Trauma Score . Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) . PAIN IN THE CRITICALLY ILL . Acute pain . Harmful effects of unrelieved pain . Pain assessment . Pain management . Key concepts . Nursing diagnosis . ASPECTS OF NURSING COMMON TO ALL CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS . Family . Oxygenation in the critically ill . Nutrition . Infection control . Transport of the critically ill . Teaching-learning . ICU discharge . THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT . Neurological disorders . Pulmonary disorders . Cardiovascular disorders . Gastrointestinal disorders . Endocrine disorders . Renal disorders . Multisystem disorders . MANAGEMENT OF BEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS IN THE CRITICALLY ILL PATEIENT . Anger . Confusion . Depression . Hopelessness . Powerlessness . Sleep deprivation . HEALING THERAPIES . Acupressure . Acupuncture . Aromatherapy . Chiropractic . Herbal preparations . Homeopathy . Imagery . Music therapy . Naturopathy . Nutrition and nutritional supplements . Osteopathy . Reflexology . Spirituality and prayer . Therapeutic touch . Traditional Chinese Medicine . Trager bodywork . CARE OF THE CHILD IN THE ICU . Psychosocial and physical aspects . Physical assessment . Environment . Equipment . Delivery of fluids, medications, and blood . Safety . Preparing the critically ill child for transport . MONITORING THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT . Arterial blood gas analysis . Arterial Blood Gas Monitoring :Point-of-Care (POC) . Arterial pressure monitoring . Capnometry . Central venous pressure monitoring . Chest radiograph . Electrocardiography : twelve-lead . ECG monitoring . Intracranial Pressure Monitoring . Left atrial pressure monitoring . Pulmonary artery pressure monitoring . Pulse oximetry . SvO2 monitoring . THEREAPEUTIC MODALITIES . Autotransfusion . Blood Administration . Intraspinal Analgesia . Neuromuscular Blockade in the Critically Ill . Sedation in the Critically Ill . Thermal Regulation . Venous Access Devices . Neurological Modalities . Pulmonary Modalities . Cardiovascular Modalities . Gastrointestinal Modalities . Renal Modalities . PHARMACOLOGY IN THE CRITICALLY ILL ADULT . Clinical brief . Pharmacodynamics . Pharmacokinetics . Patient care management . Emergency drugs in the adult . Calculations . APPENDIXES . ACLS ALGORITHMS . ORGAN / TISSUE DONATION . BSA NOMOGRAM . D. FORMULAS . GLOSSARY