Manual Of Critical Care Nursing Nursing Interventions And Collaborative Management

The new fifth edition of Manual of Critical Care Nursing provides both novice and experienced nurses with a comprehensive, yet concise and easy-to-use manual to effectively plan and implement critical nursing care. Using the latest NANDA international nursing diagnoses (2003-2004), it provides quick and comprehensive information on more than 75 common critical care phenomena. Each disorder includes a brief description of the following: * Pathophysiology * Assessment * Diagnostic testing * Collaborative management * Nursing diagnoses * Nursing interventions specific to those diagnoses * Patient teaching and rehabilitation In addition to updating the information to keep pace with current practice in critical care, the new edition also includes the following: * New sections covering Emerging Infections, Bioterrorism, High-Risk Obstetrics Patients, and Thyroid Disease * Suggested Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) interventions following the current interventions for each nursing diagnosis * New medications used to manage anticoagulation and fibrinolysis, plus recent data regarding evaluation of alternatives to blood transfusions for anemia * New implantable cardiac support devices and medications used in the management of heart failure, blood pressure, and dysrhythmias, including neurohormonal, antihypertensive, and diuretic therapies * New strategies for mechanical ventilation, including noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia * Redesigned care plans that emphasize key actions for quick, easy reading * New content on managing delirium, restlessness, pain, and agitation.Keen, Janet Hicks is the author of 'Manual Of Critical Care Nursing Nursing Interventions And Collaborative Management', published 2005 under ISBN 9780323026574 and ISBN 0323026575.