| Critical Care: Concepts, Role, and Practice for the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Contributor(s): Wyckoff, Mary (Editor), Houghton, Douglas (Editor), Lepage, Carolyn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0826138268 ISBN-13: 9780826138262 Publisher: Springer Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $75.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: The authors of this text present the first comprehensive guide to NP practice in the acute and intensive care settings. An excellent reference for graduate students and practicing NPs, this comprehensive guidebook clearly delineates the role of the nurse practitioner in the intensive care environment. Critical Care discusses in detail the development and scope of this fast-growing new role for NPs. Significant emphasis is given to the complex pathophysiology and appropriate management of common problems encountered in the critical care environment, including trauma, infections, and disease. One chapter is also dedicated to the medical, legal, and ethical aspects of critical care. Chapter template includes: Introduction and topic-specific issues Diagnostic criteria, clinical manifestations Treatment, medications, and therapies Relevant monitoring Prognosis and outcomes Summary and references Boxed highlights, evidence-based guidelines, and online resources |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Nursing - Critical & Intensive Care - Medical | Critical Care - Medical | Nursing - Reference |
| Dewey: 616.028 |
| LCCN: 2009018359 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.04" W x 9.12" (1.77 lbs) 580 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award of 2009 There is little doubt that every ACNP in practice or in training will want a copy of this reference in their lab coat pocket. --Ric Cuming, RN, MSN, EdD (c), CNOR, NEA-BCChief Nursing Officer Jackson Memorial Hospital Long overdue-This comprehensive critical care text will fill the void, especially for nurses advancing from BSN to Advanced Practice. The authors have covered all the basics and produced a text that provides a well-rounded knowledge base for critical care. -Jeanne H. Siegel, PhD, ARNPUniversity of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies This book defines what it means to be a nurse in critical care. With this text, Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (ACNPs) will learn what to expect in the critical care unit, and how to manage various complications with patients in acute and intensive care settings. Significant emphasis is given to the complex pathophysiology and appropriate management of common problems encountered in the critical care environment, including trauma, infections, and disease. One chapter is also dedicated to the medical, legal, and ethical aspects of critical care. Critical Care is thus the must-have reference for graduate students as well as for practicing ACPNs. Key topics include:
Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award for 2009 |