High Acuity Nursing
4th Edition
Published on 6. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
924 pages
978-0-13-124508-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Fourth Edition of High Acuity Nursing delivers essential understanding of complex patients and instructs both students and nurses on how to provide nursing care in varied clinical settings. Broken down into a series of learner-focused, High Acuity Nursing takes complex information and presents it in smaller, more accessible chunks that promote easier mastery by readers. As the modules progress in difficulty, this text addresses the multiple-system problems that nurses face when caring for high acuity patients. With a focus on concepts and principles that can be applied across practice settings and patient populations, High Acuity Nursing, Fourth Edition is a learner-friendly approach that will help nurses and nursing students master the concepts and confidence necessary to succeed in today's health care settings.
More details
Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Width: 276 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1834 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-124508-2 (9780131245082)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Kathleen Dorman Wagner | Karen Johnson | Melanie Hardin-Pierce
High Acuity Nursing
Book
01/2010
5th Edition
Pearson
€86.30
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Previous edition
Pamela Stinson Kidd | Kathleen Dorman Wagner
High Acuity Nursing
Book
08/2001
3rd Edition
Appleton & Lange
€65.87
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Content
SPECIAL TOPICS
1. Caring for the High Acuity Patient: Patient, Family, and Nursing Consideration
2. Acute Pain in the High Acuity Patient
3. Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in the High Acuity Patient
PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE
4. Determination and Assessment of Pulmonary Gas Exchange
5. Alterations in Pulmonary Gas Exchange
6. Mechanical Ventilation
7. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Pulmonary Gas Exchange
PERFUSION
8. Determination and Assessment of Cardiac Output
9. Hemodynamic Monitoring
10. Electrocardiographic Monitoring and Conduction Abnormalities
11. Alterations in Myocardial Tissue Perfusion
12. Alterations in Cardiac Output
13. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered with Altered Myocardial Tissue Perfusion
OXYGENATION
14. Oxygenation
15. Shock States
16. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
17. Nursing Care of Patient with Impaired Oxygenation
NEUROLOGIC
18. Determinants and Assessment of Cerebral Perfusion
19. Alterations in Cerebral Tissue Perfusion: Acute Brain Attack
20. Decreased Adaptive Capacity: Acute Head Injury
21. Sensory Perceptual Disorders
22. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Cerebral Function
METABOLIC
23. Metabolic Responses
24. Hematologic Dysfunction
25. Altered Immune Function
26. Organ Transplantation
27. Altered Glucose metabolism
28. Altered Renal Dysfunction
29. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Metabolic Function
GASTROINTESTINAL
30. Acute Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
31. Acute Hepatic Dysfunction
32. Acute Pancreatic Dysfunction
33. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Gastrointestinal Function
INJURY
34. Complex Wound Management
35. Acute Burn Injury
36. Trauma
37. Nursing Care of the Patient with Multiple Injuries
1. Caring for the High Acuity Patient: Patient, Family, and Nursing Consideration
2. Acute Pain in the High Acuity Patient
3. Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in the High Acuity Patient
PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE
4. Determination and Assessment of Pulmonary Gas Exchange
5. Alterations in Pulmonary Gas Exchange
6. Mechanical Ventilation
7. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Pulmonary Gas Exchange
PERFUSION
8. Determination and Assessment of Cardiac Output
9. Hemodynamic Monitoring
10. Electrocardiographic Monitoring and Conduction Abnormalities
11. Alterations in Myocardial Tissue Perfusion
12. Alterations in Cardiac Output
13. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered with Altered Myocardial Tissue Perfusion
OXYGENATION
14. Oxygenation
15. Shock States
16. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
17. Nursing Care of Patient with Impaired Oxygenation
NEUROLOGIC
18. Determinants and Assessment of Cerebral Perfusion
19. Alterations in Cerebral Tissue Perfusion: Acute Brain Attack
20. Decreased Adaptive Capacity: Acute Head Injury
21. Sensory Perceptual Disorders
22. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Cerebral Function
METABOLIC
23. Metabolic Responses
24. Hematologic Dysfunction
25. Altered Immune Function
26. Organ Transplantation
27. Altered Glucose metabolism
28. Altered Renal Dysfunction
29. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Metabolic Function
GASTROINTESTINAL
30. Acute Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
31. Acute Hepatic Dysfunction
32. Acute Pancreatic Dysfunction
33. Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Gastrointestinal Function
INJURY
34. Complex Wound Management
35. Acute Burn Injury
36. Trauma
37. Nursing Care of the Patient with Multiple Injuries