,CONTENTS
Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Contributors
Critical Care Nursing: Monitoring and
Treatment for Advanced Nursing Practice
Introduction
Chapter 1: Philosophy and treatment in US
critical care units
US critical care units
Organization of critical care delivery
Monitoring and surveillance in critical
care
Surveillance
Nursing certification and competency in
critical care units
US national critical care organizations
Acute care advanced practice nursing
Clinical nurse specialists
Acute care nurse practitioners
Critical care and ACNP outcomes
research
Evolution of families in the critical care
unit
2
, Progression and development of rapid
response teams
References
Chapter 2: Vital measurements and shock
syndromes in critically ill adults
Monitoring basic vital signs
Respiratory monitoring
Shock conditions in critically ill adults
Other infectious complications in
critically ill adults
Monitoring during transport
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Monitoring for respiratory
dysfunction
Acid-base disturbances & anion gap
Metabolic acidosis
Oxygenation
Capnography
Modes of mechanical ventilation
Monitoring for complications during
mechanical ventilation
Weaning from mechanical ventilation
Sleep-disordered breathing in the critical
care unit
Conclusions
References
3
, Chapter 4: Electrocardiographic monitoring
for cardiovascular dysfunction
Physiologic guidelines
Goals of monitoring
Acute coronary syndromes
Cardiac arrhythmias
Acute heart failure
Electrolyte abnormalities
Critical illnesses
Drug overdose
Unnecessary arrhythmia monitoring and
underutilization of ischemia and
QT-interval monitoring
References
Chapter 5: Hemodynamic monitoring in
critical care
Hemodynamic monitoring overview
Hemodynamic monitoring systems
Hemodynamic monitoring guidelines
and outcomes
References
Chapter 6: Monitoring for neurologic
dysfunction
Physiological guidelines
Rapid assessment of neurologic
dysfunction in intensive care unit
patients
Intracranial pressure monitoring
4
Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Contributors
Critical Care Nursing: Monitoring and
Treatment for Advanced Nursing Practice
Introduction
Chapter 1: Philosophy and treatment in US
critical care units
US critical care units
Organization of critical care delivery
Monitoring and surveillance in critical
care
Surveillance
Nursing certification and competency in
critical care units
US national critical care organizations
Acute care advanced practice nursing
Clinical nurse specialists
Acute care nurse practitioners
Critical care and ACNP outcomes
research
Evolution of families in the critical care
unit
2
, Progression and development of rapid
response teams
References
Chapter 2: Vital measurements and shock
syndromes in critically ill adults
Monitoring basic vital signs
Respiratory monitoring
Shock conditions in critically ill adults
Other infectious complications in
critically ill adults
Monitoring during transport
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Monitoring for respiratory
dysfunction
Acid-base disturbances & anion gap
Metabolic acidosis
Oxygenation
Capnography
Modes of mechanical ventilation
Monitoring for complications during
mechanical ventilation
Weaning from mechanical ventilation
Sleep-disordered breathing in the critical
care unit
Conclusions
References
3
, Chapter 4: Electrocardiographic monitoring
for cardiovascular dysfunction
Physiologic guidelines
Goals of monitoring
Acute coronary syndromes
Cardiac arrhythmias
Acute heart failure
Electrolyte abnormalities
Critical illnesses
Drug overdose
Unnecessary arrhythmia monitoring and
underutilization of ischemia and
QT-interval monitoring
References
Chapter 5: Hemodynamic monitoring in
critical care
Hemodynamic monitoring overview
Hemodynamic monitoring systems
Hemodynamic monitoring guidelines
and outcomes
References
Chapter 6: Monitoring for neurologic
dysfunction
Physiological guidelines
Rapid assessment of neurologic
dysfunction in intensive care unit
patients
Intracranial pressure monitoring
4
