High-acuity nursing

High-acuity nursing

by Wagner, Kathleen Dorman

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The most focused, up-to-date, easy-to-understand guide to high-acuity nursing in all care settings.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :High-acuity nursing / Kathleen Dorman Wagner, Faculty Emerita, University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, Kentucky, Melanie G. Hardin-Pierce, University of Kentucy College of Nursing, Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky.

Summary

The most focused, up-to-date, easy-to-understand guide to high-acuity nursing in all care settings.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2014
  • Edition:Sixth edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Pearson
  • Place of Publication:Upper Saddle River
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

  • Description:xii, 960 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color) ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780133026924, 0133026922
  • oclc:ocn843124259
  • LC Classification:RT120.I5
  • Dewey Decimal:610.73/6

Table of Contents

I. Introduction to high-acuity nursing :1. High-acuity nursing ; 2. Holistic care of the patient and family ; 3. The older adult high-acuity patient -- II. Therapeutic support of the high-acuity patient : 4. Acute pain management ; 5. Nutrition support ; 6. Mechanical ventilation ; 7. Introduction to hemodynamic monitoring ; 8. Basic cardiac rhythm interpretation ; 9. Complex wound management -- III. Pulmonary : 10. Determinants and assessment of pulmonary function ; 11. Alterations in pulmonary function -- IV. Cardiovascular : 12. Determinants and assessment of cardiac function ; 13. Alterations in cardiac function ; 14. Alternations in myocardial tissue perfusion -- V. Neurologic : 15. Determinants and assessment of cerebral perfusion ; 16. Mentation and sensory motor complications of acute illness ; 17. Acute stroke injury ; 18. Traumatic brain injury ; 19. Acute spinal cord injury -- VI. Gastrointestinal : 20. Determinants and assessment of gastrointestinal function -;21. Alterations in gastrointestinal function ; 22. Alterations in liver function ; 23. Alterations in pancreatic function -- VII. Fluid and electrolytes : 24. Determinants and assessment of fluid and electrolyte …

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Subjects

Critical Care -- methods Critical Illness -- nursing Intensive care nursing Nursing Nursing Process Soins infirmiers -- Démarche Soins infirmiers en soins intensifs

Writers

Wagner, Kathleen Dorman Hardin-Pierce, Melanie G.

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