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Introduction to Critical Care Nursing | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mary Lou Sole, Deborah Klein, Marthe Moseley
Publisher: Saunders
Category: Book
List Price: $81.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 244723
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 720
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.7
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 8.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0721605206
Dewey Decimal Number: 617
EAN: 9780721605203
ASIN: 0721605206
Publication Date: October 8, 2004
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Condition: NEW!. Still in plastic wrap. 4th Edition. Hardcover as pictured. Pick Expedited Shipping & Receive in 3-4 days! Comes with delivery confirmation.
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Product Description
The 4th edition provides a solid foundation in the concepts, assessment, and technical skills of critical care nursing. It includes an entire section focusing on skills that every critical care nurse needs to use, such as ventilatory assistance and hemodynamic monitoring. The text also provides real-life case studies to help readers understand how concepts apply to critical care practice. New chapters on the hot areas of Nutrition and Comfort and Sedation reflect the real-world challenges of the critical care nurse. Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 4th Edition also comes with a companion website with self-study exercises. Ideal for students as well as experienced nurses new to critical care. Instructor resources available; contact your sales representative for details.
- Clinical Alerts emphasize the procedures and issues encountered in the clinical setting.
- Laboratory Alerts detail both common and cutting-edge tests and procedures.
- Research Analysis with references incorporate studies on cultural diversity and complementary therapies.
- Nursing Care Plans provide examples of nursing care for specific disorders; they include nursing diagnoses, patient outcomes, nursing interventions, and rationales.
- Case Studies present actual cases highlighting the major discussions in each chapter with accompanying questions to help readers better understand how concepts apply to real life.
- Pathophysiology Flow Charts provide outcomes of particular injuries, disorders, and complex diseases.
- Geriatric Assessments alert the reader to the special critical care needs of the older patient.
- Drug Tables reflect the most current and most commonly used critical care drugs.
- Critical Thinking Questions challenge students' comprehension of the content.
- 2 NEW chapters on Nutritional Support and Comfort and Sedation cover hot topics in critical care nursing today.
- NEW! Two-color design and 85 new two-color line drawings enhance reader understanding.
- NEW! Evolve companion website supplements the text with numerous resources for instructors and learning tools for students, such as open-book quizzes for self-study and review.
- A NEW column of Rationales is included in Nursing Care Plans.
- Expansion of Gerontology content throughout the text increases the focus on this special population.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
Good book, for a text book February 12, 2008
This book gives just enough information, just the need to know stuff and not the nice to know stuff. Its great for those of us who are not dying to be ICU nurses.
 awesome January 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a nursing assistant in ICU for over 4 years and as a nursing student done in march 2008, this book really explains ICU in easy to understand terms! it's great!
 Not so great June 27, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
While it does have some valuable information, many things in this book are not explained well. Also the information it not laid out well, it's rather difficult to read, the printing is rather cheap looking and the layout is poor.
Critical Care February 18, 2006
Book provides great explinations and is an easy read. It is one of the better text books that I have read. I would highly recommend this book.
Very Basic April 29, 2003
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Good text for those thinking about critical care nursing. Loses value over the long term as a reference book because it is almost too basic. Missing some important aspects of frequently occuring diagnoses seen in critical care ( illeus, small vs large bowel obstruction) etc.
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