Fast Facts for the Critical Care Nurse, Second Edition
This newly updated, quick-access guide for critical care nurses covers the
most common admitting diagnoses and reviews their causes, signs and
symptoms, and interventions. Critical care nursing requires astute assessment,
adept communication, and the ability to multitask, as well as a high degree of
adaptability. In the ICU, patient status and plan of care change constantly,
presenting multifaceted problems for nurses and healthcare providers. This
authoritative resource, with bulleted, bite-sized content, provides information to
the busy ICU nurse in a heartbeat.
Fast Facts for the Critical Care Nurse, Second Edition, has been updated with the
most current evidence-based guidelines and standards. Now organized by body
system, this reference presents the latest treatment modalities and provides
quick access to lab values and hemodynamic parameters. Part I introduces the
foundations of critical care. Part II progresses by body system to cover common
procedures and interventions. Part III covers patient- and family-centered care,
discussing palliative directives and organ donation.