Critical Care Skills

Critical Care Skills
Author: Barbara Clark Mims
Publisher:
Total Pages: 804
Release: 1996
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

"Describing critical care techniques in a clear, no-nonsense style, Critical Care Skills: A Clinical Handbook, 2nd Edition, covers the major skills related to the pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal systems as well as intravenous therapy, wound management, special procedures, and specimen collection." "Thoroughly illustrated with crisp diagrams and extensively referenced to the most current sources, this portable pocket reference is the critical care nurse's ideal daily companion."--BOOK JACKET.

Oxford Textbook of Critical Care

Oxford Textbook of Critical Care
Author: Webb
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1961
Release: 2020-01-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0198855435

Now in paperback, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text covering all aspects of adult intensive care management. Uniquely this text takes a problem-orientated approach providing a key resource for daily clinical issues in the intensive care unit. The text is organized into short topics allowing readers to rapidly access authoritative information on specific clinical problems. Each topic refers to basic physiological principles and provides up-to-date treatment advice supported by references to the most vital literature. Where international differences exist in clinical practice, authors cover alternative views. Key messages summarise each topic in order to aid quick review and decision making. Edited and written by an international group of recognized experts from many disciplines, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Careprovides an up-to-date reference that is relevant for intensive care units and emergency departments globally. This volume is the definitive text for all health care providers, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other allied health professionals who take care of critically ill patients.

Critical Care Nursing

Critical Care Nursing
Author: Suzanne Bench
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2011-02-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 144439309X

Critical Care Nursing: Learning from Practice takes a unique approach to critical care. Based around case scenarios that have the patient as the central focus, each chapter is constructed around an example of a critically ill patient with specific care needs. The chapters then go on to critically explore the knowledge and skills required to deliver expert care. This book looks at a range of critical care scenarios, including: The patient with acute lung injury The patient with fever The patient with an acute kidney injury The patient with long term needs The patient with increased intra-abdominal pressure The Patient following cardiac surgery Each chapter develops knowledge of the related physiology/pathophysiology, appropriate nursing interventions that are research/evidence based, technical skills, data interpretation and critical appraisal skills, enabling the reader to apply fundamental knowledge to more complex patient problems. Critical Care Nursing: Learning from Practice is an essential resource for practitioners faced with complex and challenging patient cases.

Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!

Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
Author: David W. Woodruff
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 1335
Release: 2020-05-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1975144325

Feeling unsure about your critical care nursing skills? Time to gain some confident know-how, with the freshly updated Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!®, 5th Edition. This friendly, fully illustrated guide offers clear, concise direction on treating numerous acute and life-threatening issues. Absorb current best practices on critical care basics and specialized areas such as advanced life support measures, multisystem trauma, and treating specialized needs. This is ideal guidance for students, nurses new to clinical care, and those preparing for the Critical Care (CCRN) certification exam.

Skills for Critical Care

Skills for Critical Care
Author:
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 99998
Release: 2010-04-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780135073667

Real Nursing Skills 2.0: Critical Care Nursing Skills, 2e offers students the complete foundation for competency in performing clinical nursing skills. This updated and enhanced volume in the Real Nursing Skills series consists of an interactive DVD-ROM with comprehensive procedures and rationales demonstrated in hundreds of realistic video clips, animations, illustrations, and photographs. For each skill, students will review: Purpose * Delegation * Preparation * Procedure * Post-Procedure * Expected Outcome * Unexpected Outcomes * Documentation * and Variation (if applicable). This is the only skills series designed to help students visualize how to perform clinical nursing skills and understanding the concepts and rationales for each skill. Throughout the videos, students will experience the real-life aspects of: therapeutic communication between the nurse and the client, the client's reaction to invasive skills, and cultural, gender, and age diversity among nurses and clients.

Introduction to Critical Care Skills

Introduction to Critical Care Skills
Author: Janet-Beth McCann Flynn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780801624551

INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL CARE NURSING SKILLS identifies and describes the essential procedures performed in the critical care unit. Preliminary chapters build a conceptual foundation in nursing process, patient teaching, and crisis intervention, facilitating comprehension of the step-by-step discussion of nursing skills in subsequent chapters. Coverage of skill content spans such areas as mechanical ventilation, defibrillation, intracranial monitoring, total parenteral nutrition, burn wound therapy, and organ donation. Each skill concludes with pediatric, psychosocial, and home care considerations as well as suggestions for patient and family education.

Critical Care Nursing

Critical Care Nursing
Author: Linda Diann Urden
Publisher: Saunders
Total Pages: 1242
Release: 2010
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Focusing on critical care nursing, this full-color text provides an examination of the important aspects of critical care nursing. It is organized in ten units around alterations in body systems.

Oxford Handbook of Critical Care Nursing

Oxford Handbook of Critical Care Nursing
Author: Fiona Creed
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2016-01-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0191059331

Focused on the practical issues of nursing care and nursing procedures, the Oxford Handbook of Critical Care Nursing has been written by nurses, for nurses Reflecting current best practice, this handbook is an easily accessible and evidence-based guide for all levels of nursing staff working in critical care environments. It provides the nurse at the bedside with the answers to day-to-day problems experienced when caring for critically ill patients, and is also a guide to some of the less commonly encountered issues. Now including more detail on the psychological issues facing critically ill patients and further information on the intricacies of receiving and transferring critically ill patients to and from critical care environments, this handbook is a concise, practical, evidence-based guide for nursing professionals caring for critically ill patients

Critical Care Manual of Clinical Procedures and Competencies

Critical Care Manual of Clinical Procedures and Competencies
Author: Jane Mallett
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2013-07-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1405122528

This manual is aimed at all healthcare practitioners, from novice to expert, who care for the critically ill patient, recognising that different disciplines contribute to the provision of effective care and that essential knowledge and skills are shared by all practitioners. It provides evidence-based guidelines on core critical care procedures and includes a comprehensive competency framework and specific competencies to enable practitioners to assess their abilities and expertise. Each chapter provides a comprehensive overview, beginning with basic principles and progressing to more complex ideas, to support practitioners to develop their knowledge, skills and competencies in critical care.