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Title

AACN essentials of critical care nursing / [edited by] Marianne Chulay, Suzanne M. Burns.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Chulay, Marianne.
• Burns, Suzanne M.
• American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

Description

xx, 579 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Alternative Title

• American Association of Critical-Care Nurses essentials of critical care nursing
• Essentials of critical care nursing

Subjects

• Critical Illness > nursing
• Critical Care
• Intensive care nursing > Outlines, syllabi, etc
• Nursing Care

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Assessment of critically ill patients and families / Mary Fran Tracy -- 2. Planning care for critically ill patients and families / Mary Fran Tracy -- 3. Interpretation and management of basic cardiac rhythms / Carol Jacobson -- 4. Hemodynamic monitoring / Leanna R. Miller -- 5. Airway and ventilatory management / Robert E. St. John -- 6. Pain, sedation, and neuromuscular blockade management / Joan Michiko Ching and Suzanne M. Burns -- 7. Pharmacology / Earnest Alexander -- 8. Ethical and legal considerations / Juanita Reigle -- 9. Cardiovascular system / Barbara Leeper -- 10. Respiratory system / Marianne Chulay -- 11. Multisystem problems / Ruth M. Kleinpell -- 12. Neurologic system / Dea Mahanes -- 13. Hematology and immunology systems / Diane K. Dressler -- 14. Gastrointestinal system / Joanne Krumberger, Carol Reese Parrish and Joe Krenitsky -- 15. Renal system / Carol Hinkle -- 16. Endocrine system / Joanne Krumberger -- 17. Trauma / Carol A. Rauen and Jamie B. Sinks -- 18. Advanced ECG concepts / Carol Jacobson -- 19. Advanced cardiovascular concepts / Barbara Leeper -- 20. Advanced respiratory concepts / Suzanne M. Burns -- 21. Advanced neurologic concepts / Dea Mahanes -- 22. Normal values table / Marianne Chulay -- 23. Pharmacology tables / Earnest Alexander -- 24. Advanced cardiac life support algorithms / Marianne Chulay -- 25. Guidelines for the transfer of critically ill patients / Marianne Chulay -- 26. Hemodynamic monitoring troubleshooting guide / Leanna R. Miller -- 27. Ventilatory troubleshooting guide / Robert E. St. John and Suzanne M. Burns -- 28. Cardiac rhythms, ECG characteristics, and treatment guide / Carol Jacobson.

ISBN

0071447717 (softcover)

LCCN

2005041551

OCLC

• ocm57626155
• SCSB-5203107

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries