High-Acuity Nursing

Name: High-Acuity Nursing
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ISBN: 9780131245082

ISBN-10: 0131245082

ISBN-13: 9780131245082

Edition: 4th 2006

Authors: Kathleen Dorman Wagner, Pamela Stinson Kidd, Karen Johnson

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The Fourth Edition of High Acuity Nursing delivers essential understanding of complex patients and instructs both students and nurses on how to provide nursing care in varied clinical settings. Broken down into a series of learner-focused, High Acuity Nursing takes complex information and presents it in smaller, more accessible chunks that promote easier mastery by readers. As the modules progress in difficulty, this text addresses the multiple-system problems that nurses face when caring for high acuity patients. With a focus on concepts and principles that can be applied across practice settings and patient populations, High Acuity Nursing, Fourth Edition is a learner-friendly approach…

Book details

List price: $86.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 8/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 924
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 4.026
Language: English



Special Topics



Caring for the High Acuity Patient: Patient, Family, and Nursing Consideration



Acute Pain in the High Acuity Patient



Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in the High Acuity Patient


Pulmonary Gas Exchange



Determination and Assessment of Pulmonary Gas Exchange



Alterations in Pulmonary Gas Exchange



Mechanical Ventilation



Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Pulmonary Gas Exchange


Perfusion



Determination and Assessment of Cardiac Output



Hemodynamic Monitoring



Electrocardiographic Monitoring and Conduction Abnormalities



Alterations in Myocardial Tissue Perfusion



Alterations in Cardiac Output



Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered with Altered Myocardial Tissue Perfusion


Oxygenation



Oxygenation



Shock States



Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome



Nursing Care of Patient with Impaired Oxygenation


Neurologic



Determinants and Assessment of Cerebral Perfusion



Alterations in Cerebral Tissue Perfusion: Acute Brain Attack



Decreased Adaptive Capacity: Acute Head Injury



Sensory Perceptual Disorders



Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Cerebral Function


Metabolic



Metabolic Responses



Hematologic Dysfunction



Altered Immune Function



Organ Transplantation



Altered Glucose metabolism



Altered Renal Dysfunction



Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Metabolic Function


Gastrointestinal



Acute Gastrointestinal Dysfunction



Acute Hepatic Dysfunction



Acute Pancreatic Dysfunction



Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Gastrointestinal Function


Injury



Complex Wound Management



Acute Burn Injury



Trauma



Nursing Care of the Patient with Multiple Injuries