High Acuity Nursing

SPECIAL TOPICS

1. Caring for the High Acuity Patient: Patient, Family, and Nursing Consideration

2. Acute Pain in the High Acuity Patient 

3. Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in the High Acuity Patient

 

PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE

4. Determination and Assessment of Pulmonary Gas Exchange

5. Alterations in Pulmonary Gas Exchange

6. Mechanical Ventilation

7. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Pulmonary Gas Exchange

 

PERFUSION

8. Determination and Assessment of Cardiac Output

9. Hemodynamic Monitoring

10. Electrocardiographic Monitoring and Conduction Abnormalities

11. Alterations in Myocardial Tissue Perfusion

12. Alterations in Cardiac Output

13. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered with Altered Myocardial Tissue Perfusion

 

OXYGENATION

14. Oxygenation

15. Shock States

16. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

17. Nursing Care of Patient with Impaired Oxygenation

 

NEUROLOGIC

18. Determinants and Assessment of Cerebral Perfusion

19. Alterations in Cerebral Tissue Perfusion: Acute Brain Attack

20. Decreased Adaptive Capacity: Acute Head Injury

21. Sensory Perceptual Disorders

22. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Cerebral Function

 

METABOLIC

23. Metabolic Responses

24. Hematologic Dysfunction

25. Altered Immune Function

26. Organ Transplantation

27. Altered Glucose metabolism

28. Altered Renal Dysfunction

29. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Metabolic Function

 

GASTROINTESTINAL

30. Acute Gastrointestinal Dysfunction

31. Acute Hepatic Dysfunction

32. Acute Pancreatic Dysfunction

33. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Gastrointestinal Function

 

INJURY
34. Complex Wound Management

35. Acute Burn Injury

36. Trauma

37. Nursing Care of the Patient with Multiple Injuries