Critical Care Nursing

Critical Care Nursing: Learning from Practice takes a unique approach to critical care. Based around case scenarios that have the patient as the central focus, each chapter is constructed around an example of a critically ill patient with specific care needs. The chapters then go on to critically explore the knowledge and skills required to deliver expert care. This book looks at a range of critical care scenarios, including: The patient with acute lung injury The patient with fever The patient with an acute kidney injury The patient with long term needs The patient with increased intra-abdominal pressure The Patient following cardiac surgery Each chapter develops knowledge of the related physiology/pathophysiology, appropriate nursing interventions that are research/evidence based, technical skills, data interpretation and critical appraisal skills, enabling the reader to apply fundamental knowledge to more complex patient problems. Critical Care Nursing: Learning from Practice is an essential resource for practitioners faced with complex and challenging patient cases.

Critical Care Nursing: Learning from Practice takes a uniqueapproach to critical care. Based around case scenarios that havethe patient as the central focus, each chapter is constructedaround an example of a critically ill patient with specific careneeds. The chapters then go on to critically explore the knowledgeand skills required to deliver expert care. This book looks at arange of critical care scenarios, including:* The patient with acute lung injury* The patient with fever* The patient with an acute kidney injury* The patient with long term needs* The patient with increased intra-abdominal pressure* The Patient following cardiac surgeryEach chapter develops knowledge of the relatedphysiology/pathophysiology, appropriate nursing interventions thatare research/evidence based, technical skills, data interpretationand critical appraisal skills, enabling the reader to applyfundamental knowledge to more complex patient problems.Critical Care Nursing: Learning from Practice is an essentialresource for practitioners faced with complex and challengingpatient cases.

Contributor list.Preface.Acknowledgements.1 The patient with acute lung injury (ALI) (JulieHamilton).2 The patient requiring complex weaning from mechanicalventilation (Dr. Cheryl Crocker).3 The patient with fever (Kate Brown).4 The patient with severe sepsis (SuzanneBench).5 The patient following cardiac surgery (Dr. MaureenCoombs).6 The patient with severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding dueto oesophageal varices (Suzanne Sargent).7 The patient with altered blood glucose (DanielleFullwood).8 The patient with increased abdominal pressure(Suzanne Bench).9 The patient with an acute kidney injury (AnnetteDavies and Suzanne Bench).10 The patient in acute pain (Dr. SineadMehigan).11 The patient requiring sedation (TinaMoore).12 The patient with raised intracranial pressure(Deborah Slade).13 The patient with delirium (Deborah Slade and KateBrown).14 The patient with seizure activity (ClairMerriman).15 The patient following poisoning (SueWhaley).16 The patient with long-term needs (RuthCork).17 The patient requiring end-of-life care (RuthCork).Appendices.Index.