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,Fast Facts
for the
CritiCAl
CArE
NUrSE
Critical
Care
Nursing
in a
Nutshell
,FAST FACTS FOR THE
CRITICAL CARE NURSE
Critical Care Nursing
in a Nutshell
,
, FAST FACTS FOR THE
CRITICAL CARE NURSE
Critical Care Nursing
in a Nutshell
Michele Angell Landrum, ADN, RN, CCRN
,
,
,
, Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Part I: Foundations of Critical Care
1. Critical Care Nursing Overview 3
2. The Importance of Documentation 11
3. Advance Directives and Organ Donation 19
4. Withdrawal of Treatment and Palliative Care 27
Part II: Critical Care Basics
5. Basic Patient Care in the Critical Care Setting 39
6. Patient Nutrition 57
7. The Sterile Field, Pre-procedural Patient
Preparation, and Conscious Sedation 71
8. Isolation Precautions and Personal
Protective Equipment 83
9. Everything IV 95
Part III: Critical Care Equipment Competencies
10. The Respiratory Station 113
vii
11. Arterial Blood Gases, Arterial Lines, and
, viii contents
Pulmonary Artery Catheters 133
12. Discussing Dialysis and Continuous Renal
Replacement Therapy 147
13. Cardiac Specialty Equipment 159
Part IV: The Specialty Critical Care Unit
14. Surgical and Orthopedic Recovery Guidelines 179
15. The Neuro ICU 193
16. General Cardiac Care and Post-Coronary-
Artery-Bypass-Graft Patients 205
17. Transplant Patients 217
18. Burn Unit Basics 227
Appendix A: “Do Not Use” List for Abbreviations,
Acronyms, and Symbols 235
Appendix B: Basic EKG Rhythm Examples 237
Appendix C: 12 Lead EKG Electrode Placement 242
Appendix D: Normal Hemodynamic Values and
Vital Signs 243
Appendix E: List of Abbreviations 245
References 249
Index 259
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,Fast Facts
for the
CritiCAl
CArE
NUrSE
Critical
Care
Nursing
in a
Nutshell
,FAST FACTS FOR THE
CRITICAL CARE NURSE
Critical Care Nursing
in a Nutshell
,
, FAST FACTS FOR THE
CRITICAL CARE NURSE
Critical Care Nursing
in a Nutshell
Michele Angell Landrum, ADN, RN, CCRN
,
,
,
, Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Part I: Foundations of Critical Care
1. Critical Care Nursing Overview 3
2. The Importance of Documentation 11
3. Advance Directives and Organ Donation 19
4. Withdrawal of Treatment and Palliative Care 27
Part II: Critical Care Basics
5. Basic Patient Care in the Critical Care Setting 39
6. Patient Nutrition 57
7. The Sterile Field, Pre-procedural Patient
Preparation, and Conscious Sedation 71
8. Isolation Precautions and Personal
Protective Equipment 83
9. Everything IV 95
Part III: Critical Care Equipment Competencies
10. The Respiratory Station 113
vii
11. Arterial Blood Gases, Arterial Lines, and
, viii contents
Pulmonary Artery Catheters 133
12. Discussing Dialysis and Continuous Renal
Replacement Therapy 147
13. Cardiac Specialty Equipment 159
Part IV: The Specialty Critical Care Unit
14. Surgical and Orthopedic Recovery Guidelines 179
15. The Neuro ICU 193
16. General Cardiac Care and Post-Coronary-
Artery-Bypass-Graft Patients 205
17. Transplant Patients 217
18. Burn Unit Basics 227
Appendix A: “Do Not Use” List for Abbreviations,
Acronyms, and Symbols 235
Appendix B: Basic EKG Rhythm Examples 237
Appendix C: 12 Lead EKG Electrode Placement 242
Appendix D: Normal Hemodynamic Values and
Vital Signs 243
Appendix E: List of Abbreviations 245
References 249
Index 259
