AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing: Pocket Handbook - Softcover

Chulay,Marianne; Burns,Suzanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071480110 ISBN 13: 9780071480116

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006

Synopsis

Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, this pocket handbook delivers finger-tip access to need-to-know details on the care of adult, progressive care patients and their families.

Features:

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

Admission and shift assessment guides

Critical-Care drug information

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) algorithms

Troubleshooting guides for hemodynamic monitoring and management of ventilator alarms

Assessment tools for weaning from mechanical ventilation

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

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

About this title

About the Author

Marianne Chulay, R.N.,D.N.Sc., F.A.A.N. has held critical-care nursing positions such as staff nurse and clinical educator.

Suzanne Burns, R.N., M.S.N., R.R.T.,A.C.N.P.,C.C.R.N., F.A.A.N., F.C.C.M. is a professor of nursing and an advanced practice nurse at the University of Virginia Health System.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071480110
• ISBN 13: 9780071480116
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224