Mosby's critical care nursing reference /

Stillwell, Susan B.

Mosby's critical care nursing reference / Susan B. Stillwell - Third edition. - St. Louis, Missouri : Mosby Elsevier, c2002 - xii, 831 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Critical Care Patient Assessment Guides -- Acute Pain in the Critically Ill Patient -- Concepts Common in the Care of the Critically Ill Patient -- The Critically Ill Patient -- Psychosocial Concerns of the Critically Ill Patient -- Complementary Therapies -- Nursing Care of the Child in the Adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) -- Monitoring the Critically Ill Patient -- Therapeutic Modalities -- Pharmacology in the Critically Ill Patient -- Scoring Tools -- Organ and Tissue Donation -- Body Surface Area (BSA) Nomogram -- Formulas -- Guides to Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support.

Provides information needed by the critical care nurse in a number of settings. This edition includes an introduction regarding the role, responsibilities, and routine of critical care nurses; information on pain, infection control, and cardiac surgery patients in the critical care unit; terminology, topics, modalities, and treatments.

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INTENSTIVE CARE NURSING -- HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC

RT 120.I5 .S75 2002