Critical Care Nursing

Part I: THE CONCEPT OF HOLISM APPLIED TO CRITICAL CARE NURSING PRACTICE 1: Critical Care Nursing Practice: An Integration of Caring, Competence, and Commitment to Excellence 2: The Patient's Experience with Critical Illness 3: The Family's Experience with Critical Illness 4: Patient and Family Education in Critical Care 5: Relieving Pain and Providing Comfort 6: End-of-Life Issues in Critical Care Part II: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ISSUES IN CRITICAL CARE 7: Ethical Issues in Critical Care Nursing 8: Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing 9: Building a Professional Practice Model for Critical Care Nursing Excellence Part III: SPECIAL POPULATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE 10: The Critically Ill Pediatric Patient 11: The Critically Ill Pregnant Woman 12: The Critically Ill Older Patient 13: The Postanesthesia Patient Part IV: SPECIAL SITUATIONS IN CRITICAL CARE 14: Rapid Response Teams and Transport of the Critically Ill Patient 15: Disaster Management Part V: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 16: Anatomy and Physiology of the Cardiovascular System 17: Patient Assessment: Cardiovascular System 18: Patient Management: Cardiovascular System 19: Common Cardiovascular Disorders 20: Heart Failure 21: Acute Myocardial Infarction 22: Cardiac Surgery Part VI: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 23: Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System 24: Patient Assessment: Respiratory System 25: Patient Management: Respiratory System 26: Common Respiratory Disorders 27: Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome Part VII: RENAL SYSTEM 28: Anatomy and Physiology of the Renal System 29: Patient Assessment: Renal System 30: Patient Management: Renal System 31: Common Renal Disorders Part VIII: NERVOUS SYSTEM 32: Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System 33: Patient Assessment: Nervous System 34: Patient Management: Nervous System 35: Common Neurosurgical and Neurological Disorders 36: Head Injury 37: Spinal Cord Injury Part IX: GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM 38: Anatomy and Physiology of the Gastrointestinal System 39: Patient Assessment: Gastrointestinal System 40: Patient Management: Gastrointestinal System 41: Common Gastrointestinal Disorders Part X: ENDOCRINE SYSTEM 42: Anatomy and Physiology of the Endocrine System 43: Patient Assessment: Endocrine System 44: Common Endocrine Disorders Part XI: HEMATOLOGICAL AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS 45: Anatomy and Physiology of the Hematological and Immune Systems 46: Patient Assessment: Hematological and Immune Systems 47: Organ and Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 48: Common Immunological Disorders 49: Common Hematological Disorders Part XII: INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM 50: Anatomy and Physiology of the Integumentary System 51: Patient Assessment: Integumentary System 52: Patient Management: Integumentary System 53: Burns and Common Integumentary Disorders Part XIII: MULTISYSTEM DYSFUNCTION 54: Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, and Shock 55: Trauma 56: Drug Overdose and Poisoning Appendix 1: ACLS Guidelines Appendix 2: Clinical Applicability Challenges: Answer Key to Study Questions, with Rationales