Critical care nursing : diagnosis and management / Linda Diann Urden, Kathleen M. Stacy and Mary E. Lough

Includes index.

Foundations of critical care nursing -- Critical care nursing practice -- Ethical issues -- Legal issues -- Genetics in critical care -- Patient and family education -- Psychosocial alterations -- Sleep alterations and management -- Nutrition alterations and management -- Pain and pain management -- Sedation, agitation, delirium: assessment and management -- End-of-life issues -- Special populations -- Pediatric patient in the adult critical care unit -- High-risk and critical care in obstetric issues -- Gerontologic alterations and management -- Perianesthesia management -- Cardiovascular alterations -- Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology -- Cardiovascular clinical assessment -- Cardiovascular diagnostic procedures -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Cardiovascular therapeutic management -- Pulmonary alterations -- Pulmonary anatomy and physiology -- Pulmonary clinical assessment -- Pulmonary diagnostic procedures -- Pulmonary disorders -- Pulmonary therapeutic management -- Neurologic alterations -- Neurologic anatomy and physiology -- Neurologic clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Neurologic disorders and therapeutic management -- Renal alterations -- Renal anatomy and physiology -- Renal clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Renal disorders and therapeutic management -- Gastrointestinal alterations -- Gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology -- Gastrointestinal clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Gastrointestinal disorders and therapeutic management -- Endocrine alterations -- Endocrine anatomy and physiology -- Endocrine clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Endocrine disorders and therapeutic management -- Multisystem alterations -- Trauma -- Shock -- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Burns -- Organ donation and transplantation -- Hematologic disorders and oncologic emergencies -- Nursing management plans of care -- Physiologic formulas for critical care.

With authoritative content from a team of highly experienced authors, this comprehensive text (formerly Thelan's Critical Care Nursing) includes a thorough examination of every aspect of critical care - from theory to special populations to specific body system information. The text's clear organization, in-depth explanations, and vivid illustrations make it the essential critical care nursing reference.