AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing: Pocket Handbook - Softcover

Chulay,Marianne; Burns,Suzanne; AACN, American Association Of Critical-Care Nurses

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071447725 ISBN 13: 9780071447720

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2005

Synopsis

Features Ideal for critical care and progressive care orientation programs Incorporates AACN Protocols for Practice Builds on essential knowledge to more advanced concepts Provides excellent foundation for CCRN certification exam Includes ACLS algorithms, critical care drug tables, cardiac rhythm characteristics and treatment guides, troubleshooting guides for hemodynamic monitoring and ventilator management, as well as other useful critical care protocols and guidelines. Endorsed by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

About this title

About the Authors

Mariannce Chulay, RN, PhD, FAAN, Consultant, Clinical Research and Critical Care Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC

Suzanne M. Burns, RN, MSN, RRT, ACNP, CCRN, FAAN, FCCM is a Professor of Nursing, Acute and Specialty Care at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is the world's largest specialty nursing organization, representing more than 400,000 acute and critical care nurses and serving more than 100,000 members, certificants and nurse constituents. Web site: www.aacn.org

From the Back Cover

AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing Pocket Handbook

Marianne Chulay, RN, DNSc, FAAN

Suzanne M. Burns, RN, MSN, RRT, ACNP, CCRN, FAAN, FCCM

AACN ESSENTIALS OF CRITICAL CARE

Pocket Handbook

Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, this easy-to-use handbook provides essential information for critical care and progressive care settings.

Features

• Cardiac rhythms, ECG characteristics, sample rhythm strips, and treatment guides

• Admission and shift assessment guides

• Critical care drug information

• Advanced cardiac life support algorithms

• Troubleshooting guides for hemodynamic monitoring and management of ventilator alarms

• Assessment tools for weaning from mechanical ventilation

• ICP monitoring setup and waveforms

• Delirium assessment tools

• Intra-aortic balloon pump waveforms

• Evidence-based treatment guides based on AACN Protocols for Practice and national guidelines

• Guidelines for intra- and inter-hospital transport (monitoring, equipment, personnel)

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Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071447725
• ISBN 13: 9780071447720
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224