Introduction to Critical Care Nursing

Jeanette Hartshorn, etc., Marilyn Lamborn, Mary Lou Noll (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

535 Seiten

1992
W B Saunders Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7216-3526-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This introductory text is designed to be of interest to both undergraduate nursing students and nurses new to critical care and is organized into three sections: fundamental concepts, tools for the critical care nurse and nursing care during critical illness.

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This introductory text is designed to be of interest to both undergraduate nursing students and nurses new to critical care. It provides information common to all critical care nursing - information that has been identified through the author's research. The book is organized into three sections: fundamental concepts, tools for the critical care nurse and nursing care during critical illness. The book also covers code management and new technology, and includes an overview of care for the burned patient and nursing care plans.

Inhalt

Part 1 Fundamental concepts: introduction; individual and family response to the critical care experience. Part 2 Tools for the critical care nurse: understanding basic electrocardiography and interpreting dysrhythmias; introduction to hemodynamics; ventilatory assistance; code management. Part 3 Nursing care during critical illness: cardiac alterations; nervous system injury; acute renal failure; hematology/immunology; gastrointestinal disorders; endocrine crises; burns.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 221 line drawings, 19 half-tones, charts, graphs
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 191 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 1284 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
• Themenwelt: Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Anästhesie / Intensivmedizin
• ISBN-10: 0-7216-3526-1 / 0721635261
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-3526-2 / 9780721635262
• Zustand: Neuware