Critical Care Nursing of Infants and Children

HOLISTIC PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE NURSING . The Essence of Pediatric Critical Care Nursing . Caring Practices: Providing Developmentally Supportive Care . The Impact of the Critical Care Experience on the Family . THE PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT . Leadership in Pediatric Critical Care . Professional Growth and Development . Advocacy/Moral Agency: in the Best Interests of the Child . PHENOMENA OF CONCERN . Tissue Perfusion . Oxygenation/Ventilation . Acid Base Balance . Intracranial Dynamics . Fluid and Electrolyte Regulation . Nutrition . Clinical Pharmacology (new) . Thermal Regulation . Host Defenses . Skin Integrity . Comfort . FINAL COMMON PATHWAYS . Cardiovascular Critical Care Problems . Pulmonary Critical Care Problems . Neurologic Critical Care Problems . Renal Critical Care Problems . Gastrointestinal Critical Care Problems . Endocrine/Metabolic Critical Care Problems . Hematologic Critical Care Problems . MULTISYSTEM PATIENT PROBLEMS . Oncologic Critical Care Problems . Organ Transplantation . Shock . Trauma . Thermal Injury . Toxic Ingestions . Resuscitation and Transport of Infants and Children . Clinical Pathways . Practice Guidelines . Standards of Care . SCCM Admission and Discharge Criteria . Appendix