Critical care nursing /

Critical care nursing / [edited by] Leanne Aitken, Andrea Marshall, Wendy Chaboyer. - 4e. - xxiv, 1084 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)

"Endorsed by ACCCN"--Cover. Preceded by ACCCN's critical care nursing / [editors] Leanne Aitken, Andrea Marshall, Wendy Chaboyer. 3e. 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1 - Scope of critical care:
1. Scope of critical care practice
2. Systems and resources
3. Quality and safety
4. Ethical issues in critical care

Section 2 - Principles and practice of critical care:
5. Essential nursing care of the critically ill patient
6. Patient comfort and psychological care
7. Family and cultural care of the critically ill patient
8. Recovery and rehabilitation
9. Cardiovascular assessment and monitoring
10. Cardiovascular alterations and management
11. Cardiac rhythm assessment and management
12. Cardiac surgery and transplantation
13. Respiratory assessment and monitoring
14. Respiratory alterations and management
15. Ventilation and oxygenation management
16. Neurological assessment and monitoring
17. Neurological alterations and management
18. Support of renal function
19. Nutrition assessment and therapeutic management
20. Gastrointestinal, metabolic and liver alterations
21. Pathophysiology and management of shock
22. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

Section 3 - Speciality practice:
23. Emergency presentations
24. Trauma management
25. Resuscitation
26. Postanaesthesia recovery
27. Paediatric considerations in critical care
28. Pregnancy and postpartum considerations
29. Organ donation

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