High acuity nursing - Kidd, Pamela Stinson. 4 0 16; Wagner, Kathleen Dorman; 5 (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, 2001)
Special topics. Caring for the critically ill patient: patient, family, and nursing considerations -- Acute pain in the high-acuity patient -- Fluid and electrolyte balance in the high-acuity patient -- Organ transplantation. Respiration and ventilation. Respiratory process -- Arterial blood gas analysis -- Mechanical ventilation -- Nursing care of the patient with altered respiratory function. Cellular oxygenation. Oxygenation -- Shock states -- Multiple organ dsyfunction syndrome -- Nursing care of the patient with impaired oxygenation. Perfusion. Determinants of cardaic output --Hemodynamic monitoring -- Acute cardiac dysfunction and electrocardiographic monitoring -- Nursing care of the patient with altered tissue perfusion. -- Neurologic. Consciousness -- Acute cerebral dysfunction -- Nursing care of the patient with altered cerebral function -- Spinal cord injury -- Nursing care of the patient with spinal cord injury. Metabolic. Metabolic responses -- Acute hematologic dysfunction -- Altered immune function -- Altered glucose metabolism -- Acute renal dysfunction -- Nursing care of the patient with altered metabolic function. Gastrointestional. Acute gastrointestional dysfunction -- Acute hepatic dysfunction -- Acute pancreatic dysfunction -- Nursing care of the patient with altered gastrointestional function. Injury. Complex wound management -- Acute burn injury -- Trauma assessment and resuscitation -- Nursing care of the patient with multiple injuries. Life span: special needs. Nursing care of the acutelly ill pediatric patient -- Nursing needs of the acutelly ill obstetric patient -- Nursing care of the acutely ill elderly patient.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: 2 -- 0; 6; methods.;nursing. -- Intensive care nursing.;Critical Care;Critical Illness;Nursing Process. -- 20; 20; 2