Main description:

Now in its Second Edition, this handy reference is perfect for nurses entering or needing a refresher in critical care nursing. The book presents the latest information on over 100 critical care disorders in the award-winning "Incredibly Easy!" style, with light-hearted humor, memory joggers, recurring icons to emphasize key points, and numerous quick-scan tables, illustrations, and flow charts. Highlights of this edition include state-of-the-art information on hemodynamic monitoring and trauma, a new icon emphasizing evidence-based practice, and two new four-page full-color inserts. A bound-in CD-ROM contains over 300 NCLEX[registered]-style questions, plus concept maps and charts of nursing diagnoses and disorders.

Contents:

Contributors and Consultants Advisory Board Foreword 1: Critical Care Basics 2: Holistic Care Issues 3: Neurologic System 4: Cardiovascular System 5: Respiratory System 6: Gastrointestinal System 7: Renal System 8: Endocrine System 9: Hematologic and Immune Systems 10: Multisystem Issues Appendices: Web Resources for Critical Care Nursing Glossary Selected References