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Chapter 01: Overview of Critical Care Nursing
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Chapter 02: Patient and Family Response to the Critical
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Chapter 07: Dysrhythmia Interpretation and
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ManagementChapter 08: Hemodynamic Monitoring 4t 4t 4t 156
Chapter 09: Ventilatory Assistance
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Chapter 10: Rapid Response Teams and Code
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ManagementChapter 11: Organ Donation
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Chapter 12: Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction
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SyndromeChapter 13: Cardiovascular Alterations
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Chapter 14: Nervous System 4 t 4 t 4 t 260
AlterationsChapter 15: Acute
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Respiratory Failure Chapter 16: Acute
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Kidney Injury Chapter 17:
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DisordersChapter 19: Endocrine Alterations
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ManagementChapter 21: Burns
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multiprofessional critical care team under the direction of an intensivist.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4
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practice.TOP: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 5
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 5 | Fig. 1-3
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OBJ: Describe standards of professional practice for critical care nursing.
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Sole; Deborah Goldenberg Klein; Marthe J. Moseley | 2023/2025 |
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9780323641937| Chapter 1-21 | Complete Questions and Answers A+
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ManagementChapter 11: Organ Donation
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Chapter 12: Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction
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SyndromeChapter 13: Cardiovascular Alterations
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Chapter 14: Nervous System 4 t 4 t 4 t 260
AlterationsChapter 15: Acute
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Kidney Injury Chapter 17:
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multiprofessional critical care team under the direction of an intensivist.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4
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practice.TOP: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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