Real World Nursing Survival Guide: Critical Care and Emergency Nursing (Saunders Nursing Survival Guide)

The latest addition to the Real World Nursing Survival Guide series, this unique resource discusses the most common health care problems seen in the critical and trauma/emergency settings ― using a systems approach with a focus on current practice standards. Each chapter offers a consistent disorder format and covers a wide-range of information from emergent to critical care nursing. Organized from the most immediate and life threatening conditions, to the less emergent critical care situations seen in critical care, trauma, or emergency environments, this practical book also discusses multisystem problems.

• A unique presentation of content narrows the gap between the knowledge that students garners from their nursing school education and the wisdom students needs to survive in the real world.
• More than 150 NCLEX-style questions are included throughout the book, so students can test their knowledge and review those concepts they find difficult in each chapter.
• Material is presented using adult learning principles and various active-learning strategies to engage nursing students of all ages, backgrounds, and learning styles.
• A consistent chapter format using the headings ― What it is, What you need to know, What you do, and Do you understand? ― breaks down information into small units and reinforces an effective thinking process.
• Special icons for Lifespan Considerations, Cultural Implications, Web Links, Cautions, Monitoring and Initial Treatment help students quickly identify special content in the chapter.
• Memory-reinforcing mnemonic devices and a variety of interactive activities ― including fill-in the blank, matching, word jumbles, true/false, and crossword puzzles ― promote student learning. Answers are included at the bottom of the page.
• Prioritized content is reflected, identified, and reviewed by nursing students.
• Clinical terms and shorthand expressions are highlighted in parentheses and in a second color after the layperson's explanation to expose students to the terminology they will hear in the hospital setting.
• Boxed Take Home Points provide the benefit of years of nursing experience that students can use to prepare for their clinical rotation.
• A full-color insert illustrates concepts and principles of critical care and emergency nursing, including various complications.
• Original cartoon-character illustrations and a cartoon lioness walk students through difficult subjects with a lighthearted approach to engage students in learning.

Lori Schumacher, RN, MS, CCRN, Associate Professor, Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing, Augusta, GA; and Cynthia C. Chernecky, PhD, RN, CNS, AOCN, Associate Professor, Department of Adult Health, Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing, Augusta, GA