Critical Care Nursing Practice Guide A Road Map for Students and New Graduates

Name: Critical Care Nursing Practice Guide A Road Map for Students and New Graduates
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ISBN: 9780763778484

ISBN-10: 0763778486

ISBN-13: 9780763778484

Edition: 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Elizabeth Simon

List price: $66.95

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Critical Care Nursing Practice Guide: A Road Map for Students and New Graduates is an essential, step-by-step, practical guide that helps new nursing graduates, new critical care and nursing students assigned to critical care areas gain the confidence they need to provide optimal care to their patients. This comprehensive text teaches inexperienced nurses how to systematically assess their patients, plan individualized care, implement therapeutic modalities with competence, collaborate effectively and evaluate the effectiveness of nursing actions. Covering areas such as how to begin, organize, prioritize, analyze, reason, and decide in daily routines and emergencies in the critical care…

Book details

List price: $66.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Publication date: 9/22/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Elizabeth Simon is a Chinese scholar, Asia expert, and former chef. She met Lynne Aronson and developed her passion for bowlfood while working in the kitchen at New York's celebrated Union Square Cafe.



Contributors


Introduction



Eyeballing Your Patient



Taking and Giving Shift Report



Assessing Your Patient



Machines, Monitors, and Meters



Labs, Levels, and Labels



Graphs and Waves



Drugs, Drips, and Drops



Emergencies in the ICU



Procedures in the ICU



Planning Your Day



Special ICUs



Transporting the Critically Ill Patient



Documentation



Excellence in Practice



Practice Pearls



Common Lab Tests



Drugs, Drips, and Dosages



Hemodynamic Values


Index