Synopses & Reviews
Fully revised and streamlined to include the most recent information,
Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach,
10e provides students with the theory and application knowledge necessary to fully prepare them for the highly specialized and complicated technical world of critical care nursing. These specially designed features assist students in providing competent and compassionate care to critically ill patients and their families:·
NEW!! Evidence-Based Practice Highlights focus attention on the importance of research-based practice and include significant excerpts from AACN practice alerts as well as guidelines from other relevant organizations.·
NEW!! Icons to identify
drug therapy tables as well as
laboratory and diagnostic tables focus attention on significant information.·
NEW!! Spotlight on Genetics box, appearing in selected chapters, is key to understanding how genetic factors influence disorders.
NEW!! Patient Safety boxes guide safe and effective practice by alerting the critical care nurse of risk factors, signs and symptoms, side effects, and complications.· Considerations for the Older Patient boxes highlight the special needs of the fastest growing part of our population – older patients.· Health History boxes summarize key areas that should be covered and relevant information that may be revealed during the health history.· Collaborative Care Guides, presented in a tabular format containing outcomes and interventions, describe how the health care team works together to manage a patient’s illness and minimize complications.· Teaching Guides help the critical care nurse to prepare patients and family members for procedures, assist patients and family members with understanding the illness they are dealing with, explain post-procedure or postoperative activities, or prepare a patient for discharge from the hospital.· Nursing Diagnoses boxes use current NANDA terminology to summarize common nursing diagnoses for particular conditions.
Nursing Interventions tables and boxes highlight key information for the critical care nurse
Synopsis
Now in its Tenth Edition, this classic text and reference maintains its popular holistic approach to the complexities of critical care nursing. The book's comprehensive coverage begins with the psychosocial concepts of care and progresses through assessment and management of a variety of disorders. Presenting theory and principles within the context of practical application helps the reader to gain competence and confidence in caring for critically ill patients and their families. As always, the patient as the center of the health care team’s efforts is emphasized throughout.
Synopsis
This package contains the following products:
- 9781461146697 Goldsworthy Simulation Simplified
- 9781609137496 Morton Critical Care Nursing, 10e
Synopsis
This package contains the following products:
- 9781609137496 Morton Critical Care Nursing, North American Edition, 10e
- 9781451186116 Lippincott DocuCare, Six-Month Access
Synopsis
Now in its Ninth Edition, this classic text and reference maintains its popular holistic approach to the complexities of critical care nursing. The book's comprehensive coverage begins with the psychosocial concepts of care and progresses through assessment and management of a variety of disorders. Now under the lead authorship of Tricia Morton, this revision of the classic Hudak text maintains the goal of promoting excellence in critical care. The second author, Dorrie Fontaine, is the Past-President of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and each chapter was written by a subject matter expert to ensure the most up-to-date and accurate information. Presenting theory and principles within the context of practical application helps the reader to gain competence and confidence in caring for critically ill patients and their families. As always, the patient as the center of the health care team's efforts is emphasized throughout.
A bound-in CD-ROM and companion Website include an NCLEX® alternate item format tutorial, a Spanish-English audio glossary, drug monographs, Nursing Professional Roles and Responsibilities (Flash and PDF), and Concepts in Action animations.
Table of Contents
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