Critical Care Nursing DeMYSTiFieD

Content: Preface --
Chapter 1: Critical Care Nurse: --
Introduction --
Education and experience --
Standards, organizations, and certification: promoting excellence --
Communication and health care team members: calling the shots --
Defining the critical care nurse --
Regulatory issues that impact the critical care environment --
Future challenges for the critical care nurse --
Review questions --
Answers --
Chapter 2: Care Of The Patient With Critical Respiratory Needs: --
Anatomy and physiology --
Assessment skills for the high-risk respiratory patient --
Collaborative diagnostic tools --
Oxygen delivery systems --
Advanced airway techniques --
What is mechanical ventilation --
Commonly used respiratory medications in critical care for the patient on MV --
Respiratory conditions requiring critical care --
Review questions --
Answers --
Chapter 3: Care Of The Patient With Critical Cardiac And Vascular Needs: --
Anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system --
Assessment skills --
Collaborative diagnostic and laboratory tools --
Advanced procedural skills --
Cardiovascular medications used in critical care --
Medical CV conditions requiring critical care --
Surgical CV conditions requiring critical care --
Review questions --
Answers --
Chapter 4: Care Of The Patient With Critical Cardiac Rhythm Disturbance Needs: --
Assessment skills --
Cardiac electrophysiology --
How does cardiac monitoring really work? --
So what do these systems "see"? --
So how does a nurse do detective work on these rhythm strips? --
Types of basic rhythms --
Where do 12-lead ECGs enter the picture? --
Medications that help with rhythm stabilization --
Special cardiac devices to help maintain the patient's rhythm --
Cardiac arrest: your worst nightmare --
Review questions --
Answers --
Chapter 5: Care Of The Patient With Neurological Needs: --
Introduction --
Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system --
Neurological needs: assessment --
Assessing motor movements-strength and coordination --
Normal pupils --
Assessment of eye movements (EOMs) or extraocular movements --
Oculocephalic reflex or Doll's eyes movements --
Oculovestibular reflex or cold caloric test --
Respiratory patterns --
Additional assessments --
Palpation --
Percussion-deep tendon reflexes --
Other responses --
Auscultation --
Collaborative diagnostic tools --
Medications that help with symptoms --
Medical conditions requiring complex care --
Surgical conditions requiring complex neurological care --
Review questions --
Answers. Chapter 6: Care Of The Traumatized Patient: --
Introduction --
Mechanisms of injury (MOI) --
Classification of injuries --
Evaluating reports from the field --
Trauma center levels and classifications --
Medications used in trauma care --
Fluid volume replacement (FVR) --
Care of the patient with specific traumatic injuries according to the ABCs of trauma assessment --
Review questions --
Answers --
Chapter 7: Care Of The Patient With Endocrine Disorders: --
Introduction --
Major organs of the endocrine system to be addressed --
Review questions --
Answers --
Chapter 8: Care Of The Patient With Critical Renal Needs: --
Anatomy and physiology of the renal system --
Assessment skills --
Collaborative diagnostic and laboratory tools --
Medications commonly used in critical care --
Dialysis --
Acute and chronic renal failure --
Review questions --
Answers --
Chapter 9: Care Of The Patient With Critical Hematologic Needs: --
Anatomy and physiology of the hematologic system --
Assessment skills --
Collaborative diagnostic and laboratory tools --
Medications commonly used in critical care that affect the hematologic system --
Blood products used for hematologic problems --
Medical conditions that require critical care --
Review questions --
Answers --
Final exam questions --
Correct answers and rationales --
Index.