Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy / Edition 5

by David W. Woodruff MSN, RN-BC, CNS, CNE, FNA

Overview

Feeling unsure about your critical care nursing skills? Time to gain some confident know-how, with the freshly updated Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!®, 5th Edition.
 
This friendly, fully illustrated guide offers clear, concise direction on treating numerous acute and life-threatening issues. Absorb current best practices on critical care basics and specialized areas such as advanced life support measures, multisystem trauma, and treating specialized needs. This is ideal guidance for students, nurses new to clinical care, and those preparing for the Critical Care (CCRN) certification exam.
 
Let this expert review text guide you to exam and on-the-unit success:

• NEW end-of-book practice exam
• Expansive, systems-based review of acute care conditions for all body systems
• Guidance on treating multisystem disorders – burns, hyperthermia, hypothermia, hypovolemic shock, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), septic shock, trauma and more
• Expert guidance on nursing skills – blood and fluid replacement, rapid assessment and interventions, emergency measures, fluid replacement/resuscitation, drug therapy, pressure ulcer management, moderate sedation, CPR and emergency cardiac care, and more 
• Numerous images and charts demonstrate clinical use of IV fluids, interpreting serum electrolyte test results, drug therapy for multisystem disorders, and more 
• Step-by-step direction on performing blood transfusions with a guide to transfusion reactions
• Top-level instruction in areas including oncology, acute care surgery, drug overdose and poisoning, palliative care and pain management, nutrition, prevention and screening, professional roles and ethics, test-taking strategies
• Ideal review text for grasping the components required to master the CCRN certification exam
• Chapter features include:
  • Just the facts – a quick summary of content at the start of each chapter
  • Advice from experts – tips and tricks and key troubleshooting techniques
  • Take charge! – potentially lethal situations and steps to take when they occur
  • Handle with care – identifies concerns and actions related to elderly, pediatric, and bariatric patients
  • Weighing the evidence – highlights research that guides practice
  • Memory joggers – memory aids to help you grasp and remember difficult concepts
  • Certification tips – draws out the most important concepts from each chapter in relation to the CCRN exam
  • Quick quiz – end-of-chapter multiple choice questions, with answers and rationales
  • Practice makes perfect – extensive end-of-book practice exam to test knowledge in preparation for NCLEX and certification

 
 
About the Clinical Editor

David W. Woodruff, PhD, APRN, CNE, CCRN-K, FNAP, is Faculty Development Specialist at the Center for Faculty Excellence at the Chamberlain College of Nursing in Cleveland, Ohio.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781975144302
Publisher:	LWW
Publication date:	07/01/2020
Series:	Incredibly Easy! Series®
Edition description:	Fifth
Pages:	544
Sales rank:	346,240
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

1 Critical care basics Mary Anne Vincent 1

2 Holistic care issues Mary Jane Genuino 23

3 Neurologic system Ellie Z. Franges 47

4 Cardiovascular system Kathryn L. Kay 141

5 Respiratory system Elizabeth Moots 309

6 Gastrointestinal system Robyn Mitchell 430

7 Renal system Jennifer Myles-Ciair 501

8 Endocrine system Jamie L. Jones 547

9 Hematologic and immune systems Julia Vicente 598

10 Multisystem issues Robyn Mitchell 651

Appendices

Moderate sedation Carol A. Pehotsky 705

CPR and emergency cardiac care Nicolette C. Mininni 709

Comparing types of shock Nicolette C. Mininni 714

Preventing complications in the critically ill obese patient Nicolette C. Mininni 717

Drug overdose and poisoning Nicolette C. Mininni 719

Critical care Q&A Julia Vicente 723

Glossary 731

Index 734

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Patricia Gonce Morton, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FAAN (University of Utah College of Nursing)
Description: This book addresses the nursing care of acute and critically ill patients. The 740-page, soft cover book opens with chapters on critical care basics and holistic care issues. The next eight chapters address each body system including a final chapter on multisystem issues. The book concludes with six appendixes, a glossary, and an index. The authors mainly use bulleted lists, sentences, and short paragraphs to cover many topics in a very succinct manner. A unique feature of the book is the frequent use of cartoon illustrations to emphasize facts and maintain readers' interest.
Purpose: The purpose is to assist nurses in providing care to acutely and critically ill patients that will result in optimal outcomes for patients and their families. Critical care nursing is a rapidly changing specialty and this book offers readers the most up-to-date information on how to meet the challenging needs of these patients. Nurses are guided through steps of the assessment process and given information about evidence-based interventions in a simple and understandable format. Through use of a holistic approach, the book teaches nurses about topics such as cultural and ethical considerations, end-of-life care, and family dynamics. The book also informs readers of the importance of working within an interprofessional team.
Audience: The book is geared toward nursing students and nurses who are new to critical care. The content is also applicable and useful to nurses who work in other acute care settings such as the emergency department and the post-anesthesia care unit. Members of rapid response and advanced life support teams will find the information of value, too.
Features: Written by critical care nurses and nurse practitioners, the book contains 10 chapters that address critical care basics, holistic care issues, and key information about disorders of each body system. The appendixes cover moderate sedation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, various shock states, the prevention of complications for obese patients, and drug overdose and poisoning information. Practice multiple choice test questions are contained in the critical care question and answer appendix. Information is presented clearly using a simplistic writing style, color illustrations, tables that summarize key points, and cartoon character illustrations. Icons are employed throughout the book to focus readers' attention on key issues. These icons include: "Advice from the experts," which offers troubleshooting techniques; "Take charge!" which focuses on serious situations and required actions; "Handle with care," which addresses the needs of special populations such as elderly, pediatric, and bariatric patients; and "Weighing the evidence," which highlights research used to guide practice. A quick quiz containing multiple choice questions with answers and rationales appears at the end of each chapter. The author uses a very informal, conversational language such as "letting the sparks fly" and "ready to jolt" to discuss defibrillation of a patient. Use of light, humorous language may be off-putting to some who prefer a traditional, more scholarly writing style.
Assessment: This is an excellent, useful book that covers a large number of topics in a concise, easy-to-read manner. No other book uses a similar format and style. The book will be beneficial to students and novice critical care nurses, but most critical care nurses will soon need a more comprehensive book to help them understand further the complexities of caring for critically ill patients. This fifth edition was needed to provide readers with the most current information in a dynamic and ever-changing specialty. It includes updates on moderate sedation, drug overdose, pressure ulcer management, and the treatment of patients with specialized needs such as the older patient, the pediatric patient, and the bariatric patient.

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