End-of-Life Issues
Chapter 11 End-of-Life Issues Caroline Etland End of life has become an important clinical topic in critical care, although requisite improvements in end-of-life care have been slow to follow. Because…
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Patient and Family Education
Chapter 5 Patient and Family Education Barbara Mayer Challenges of Patient and Family Education At no other point in history has the availability of information within the general population been…
Ethical Issues
Chapter 2 Ethical Issues Linda D. Urden It is essential that critical care nurses have an understanding of professional nursing ethics and ethical principles and that they are able to…
Psychosocial and Spiritual Alterations and Management
Chapter 6 Psychosocial and Spiritual Alterations and Management Valerie Yancey Patients are admitted to critical care units because they need physiologic rescue. Life or death depends on restoring physiologic homeostasis…
Legal Issues
Chapter 3 Legal Issues Kelly K. Dineen Overview The law routinely influences and intersects with the practice of nursing and with health care in general. This influence extends far beyond…
14: Radiologic Evaluation
CHAPTER 14 Radiologic Evaluation Linda Lane Ehret OBJECTIVES 1. Define common radiologic terms used to describe an x-ray. 2. Differentiate various densities that are evident on an x-ray. 3. Describe radiologic findings that…
29: Gastrointestinal Disorders
CHAPTER 29 Gastrointestinal Disorders Wanda T. Bradshaw OBJECTIVES 1. Discuss normal and abnormal abdominal assessment findings. 2. Discuss common laboratory and diagnostic tests used to evaluate the gastrointestinal system. 3. Differentiate between omphalocele…
11: Developmental Support
CHAPTER 11 Developmental Support Carol Turnage Spruill OBJECTIVES 1. Assess physiologic and behavioral organization of preterm and ill newborn infants using the neurobehavioral subsystems from Als’ Synactive Framework. 2. Design a developmental…
7: Physical Assessment
CHAPTER 7 Physical Assessment Kathleen Benjamin; Susan Arana Furdon OBJECTIVES 1. Review key aspects of the perinatal history as it relates to physical assessment of the newborn. 2. Describe methods of determining…
26: Assisted Ventilation
CHAPTER 26 Assisted Ventilation Debbie Fraser; William Diehl-Jones OBJECTIVES 1. Identify the concepts of FRC, VT, VC, and TLC and describe their importance in the physiology of ventilation. 2. Describe the concepts…
