8th Edition
by Mary Lou Sole (Author), Deborah Goldenberg Klein (Author), Marthe J. Moseley (Author)
Start here to master the concepts, technology, and procedures of critical care nursing! Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 8th Edition prepares
you to provide safe, effective, patient-centered care in a variety of
high-acuity, progressive, and critical care settings. Evidence-based
coverage includes realistic case studies and incorporates the latest
advances in critical care. Disorders are conveniently organized by body
system or special situation, and nursing management chapters include
quick-reference nursing care plans. This clear, concise textbook will
help you develop the knowledge and clinical reasoning skills needed for
success in today's highly complex critical care environments.
- Critical Reasoning Activities
are included throughout the text, promoting development of clinical
nursing judgment to help you prepare for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Exam.
- Emphasis on QSEN competencies
enables you to gain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to
provide safe, high-quality health care in a variety of high acuity,
progressive, and critical care settings.
- Evidence-Based Practice boxes
illustrate how research evidence is used to address problems in patient
care and includes nursing implications plus AACN’s new system for
Levels of Evidence: A, B, C, D, E, and M.
- Universal Collaborative Plan of Care for the Critically Ill Patient addresses key aspects of collaborative/interprofessional care that apply to virtually all critically ill patients.
- Individual Plans of Care prepare
you for clinical practice by describing patient problems, patient
outcomes, and nursing assessments and interventions with rationales.
- Case studies
challenge you to apply concepts to the real world, testing your
clinical nursing judgment by asking questions about patient-specific
cases with lab results.
- Clinical Alerts highlight potential problems and concerns to improve patient safety and clinical care.
- Laboratory Alerts emphasize the importance of laboratory test results to critical care nursing.
- Medication tables
show the actions/usages, indications, dosages/routes, side effects, and
nursing implications of medications commonly used in critical care
settings.
- Coverage of cardiac assistive devices includes the ECMO device for extracorporeal life support, as well as other small, portable, bedside cardiac-assistive devices.
- Hemodynamic monitoring content now emphasizes the noninvasive methods of hemodynamic monitoring that are becoming more prominent.
- Coverage of infection control
addresses the QSEN safety competency and helps provide patient
protection against the growing threat of drug-resistant infections.
- Nearly 300 full-color photographs and drawings visually clarify key concepts and equipment for better understanding of today’s complex critical care environment.
- NEW! Study Break questions in multiple-choice format
break up the chapters into easy-to-read content "chunks" and make it
easy to check your understanding, with answers and rationales in the
back of the book.
- NEW! Transplant Considerations boxes
highlight essential information related to patient care in preparation
for organ transplantation, managing complications, and preventing
rejection; coverage of palliative care supports the text’s strong focus on end-of-life care; and the revised Organ Donation chapter focuses on a practical evaluation of dying patients for organ donation and preservation.
- UPDATED! Illustrations include photos of state-of-the art equipment to familiarize you with the modern, high-tech critical care environment.
- NEW! Emphasis on patient problems
(in lieu of NANDA diagnoses) promotes interprofessional collaborative
practice by using terms that are easily understood by various members of
the healthcare team.
- NEW! Enhanced, application-level questions on the companion Evolve website emphasize prompt recognition of changing trends in patient parameters.
- UPDATED! Lifespan Considerations boxes now include information on older adults, addressing the "graying of our population," and pregnant women.
- UPDATED! Genetics boxes feature a new Genetic Concepts box.
