MOSBY'S CRITICAL CARE NURSING REFERENCE condenses the most essential critical care nursing information into one easy-access format providing precise acute care management strategies. The book's format provides easy access to information needed by the critical care nurse in a number of settings. Appendixes supplement the text with formulas, laboratory values, and scoring tools. The third edition includes a new introduction regarding the role, responsibilities, and routine of critical care nurses; expanded information on pain, infection control, and cardiac surgery patients in the critical care unit; updated terminology, topics, modalities, and treatments; and comparisons of acute and chronic conditions where applicable. A new pharmaco-therapy chapter also provides drug interactions and pharmacokinetics. A Volume in the Nursing Reference Series

Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference

Medical Books

Stillwell DNP RN CNE, Susan B.

Nursing

Mosby

Dynamic and engaging, Virtual Clinical Excursions is a workbook and CD-ROM package that guides users through a multi-floor virtual hospital featuring highly complex and diverse patients. Complementing core textbook reading assignments in Urden: Thelan's Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management, 4th Edition, lessons in the workbook provide a perfect opportunity for users to practice what they are learning in the text in a realistic clinical environment. The multi-floor hospital also has built in testing with immediate feedback of clinical knowledge with NCLEX-RN type questions.
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<li>Explores how to care for clients' most basic needs ― addressing activity and immobility, nutrition, oxygenation, and elimination, as well as special needs.</li>
<li>Features an Intensive Care Unit with: - James Story, a patient admitted for renal failure - James Franklin, who has undergone a carotid endarterectomy</li>
<li>Includes a guided tutorial which shows students how to work with a patient in a virtual hospital · collect patient data from various sources (reports, charts, medication administration record, short video clips and audio clips of nurse-patient interactions) · record patient data · listen to a report and itemize a patient's problems and high-priority concerns · sometimes administer medication · and more.</li>
<li>Emphasizes the importance of patient care ― from nursing assessment, diagnosis, and planning, to implementation and evaluation.</li>
<li>Requires students to document client-nurse interactions ― retrieving clinical data, maintaining quality and continuity of care, tracking client outcomes, and meeting current practice standards.</li>
</ul>Produced in conjunction with the Virtual Clinical Excursions CD-ROM authors: Jay Shiro Tashiro, PhD, RN; Ellen Sullins, PhD; Gina Long, RN, DNSc

Virtual Clinical Excursions 2.0 to Accompany Thelan's Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Urden DNSc RN CNS FAAN, Linda D.

Psychology & Counseling

Developed to provide nurse clinicians with a resource for the management of adult critical care patients, Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference condenses the most essential information needed by nurses working in the ICU. This valuable, pocket-sized reference provides information on broad topics that apply to a variety of critically ill patients, as well as detailed information on organ diseases. Chapters are dedicated to psychosocial concerns, complementary therapies, and the unique needs of a pediatric patient in an adult ICU. Therapeutic modalities and pharmacology are both examined, with information that is useful for the student, the new nurse, and the experienced professional.
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<li>Handy size allows portability and ease of use in working conditions.</li>
<li>Contains both general information on patient care, as well as specific details outlining nursing procedures in a professional setting.</li>
<li>Organization of material presented allows for quick access of desired subject matter in critical care situations.</li>
<li>Allows critical care nurses to quickly assess, diagnose, and facilitate the care of patients in an ICU setting.</li>
<li>Clearly organized appendices allow the user to rapidly obtain frequently needed data.</li>
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<li>The most up-to-date terminology, topics, modalities, and treatments are incorporated throughout.</li>
<li>New chapter on palliative care in the critical care unit has been included.</li>
<li>Updated information is presented regarding pain control from the World Health Organization, as well as drug incompatibilities.</li>
<li>Discussions have been added on such topics as cortisol level testing, new laboratory tests such as brain naturetic peptide, and therapies used in end of life.</li>
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This convenient quick-reference guide offers complete coverage of topics related to the acute care management of patients in the critical care setting. The spiral-bound format provides quick, easy access to information on disorders, treatment, assessment, monitoring, and drug therapy. It also features helpful formulas, laboratory values, and scoring tools.
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<li>The spiral binding and handy pocket size make it an ideal clinical companion</li>
<li>Water- and stain-resistant pages stand up to daily wear and tear</li>
<li>Features colored tabs that take you directly to key content areas</li>
<li>Includes a comprehensive collection of commonly used, but rarely memorized, clinical information, such as charts, graphs, formulas, conversions, and lab values</li>
<li>Coverage includes: pain/vital signs, cardiovascular, ECG, hemodynamic monitoring, pulmonary, neuro, gi/gu/endo, pediatrics, obstetrics, and lab values</li>
</ul>Pocket-sized for portability, these new quick-reference resources provide quick, easy access to the information you need to know! Water- and stain-resistant pages stand up to the daily wear-and-tear of the clinical setting.

Mosby's Nursing PDQ for Critical Care

Developed to provide nurse clinicians with a resource for the management of adult critical care patients, Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference condenses the most essential information needed by nurses working in the ICU. This valuable, pocket-sized reference provides information on broad topics that apply to a variety of critically ill patients, as well as detailed information on organ diseases. Chapters are dedicated to psychosocial concerns, complementary therapies, and the unique needs of a pediatric patient in an adult ICU. Therapeutic modalities and pharmacology are both examined, with information that is useful for the student, the new nurse, and the experienced professional.Handy size allows portability and ease of use in working conditions.Contains both general information on patient care, as well as specific details outlining nursing procedures in a professional setting.Organization of material presented allows for quick access of desired subject matter in critical care situations.Allows critical care nurses to quickly assess, diagnose, and facilitate the care of patients in an ICU setting.Clearly organized appendices allow the user to rapidly obtain frequently needed data.The most up-to-date terminology, topics, modalities, and treatments are incorporated throughout.New chapter on palliative care in the critical care unit has been included.Updated information is presented regarding pain control from the World Health Organization, as well as drug incompatibilities.Discussions have been added on such topics as cortisol level testing, new laboratory tests such as brain naturetic peptide, and therapies used in end of life.

Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference - Text and E-Book Package

Precise, yet comprehensive, this portable guide provides rapid access to vital nursing information for the acute care management of patients in the critical care setting. Key topics include disorders, treatment, assessment, procedures, monitoring, drug therapy, lab values, scoring tools and helpful formulas. It fits easily into your scrub pocket with 10 tabbed sections and a convenient spiral binding that allows it to lie flat on any given page. Whether you use it as a clinical resource, a study tool, or a quick refresher, this full-color resource offers quick access to just the right amount of practical, must-know critical care nursing information.
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<li>The spiral binding and handy pocket size make this an ideal clinical companion.</li> <li>Waterproof and stain-resistant pages keep your PDQ reference guide performing like new in any clinical setting. </li> <li>Color-coded tabs and a concise index make it easy to quickly locate key information. </li> <li>Provides at-a-glance access to commonly used clinical information, such as formulas, conversions, and lab values.</li>
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<li>New content on Bispectral monitoring (BIS), levels of hypoxemia, neurologic emergency conditions, and an updated pulse rating scale keep you up to date with the latest advances in the field.</li> <li>New strategies for preventing ventilator-acquired pneumonia help you reduce the occurrence of this complication.</li> <li>Expanded coverage includes updated information on modes of mechanical ventilation and Intracranial Pressure (ICP).</li> <li>Coverage of pain assessment for the patient who cannot respond offers tips for providing better patient care.</li> <li>New illustrations visually reinforce essential concepts, such as defibrillation positions and venous waveform.</li> <li>An increased emphasis on safety issues provides tips and guidelines for providing safe, effective patient care.</li>
</ul>Pocket-sized for portability, these new quick-reference resources provide quick, easy access to the information you need to know! Water- and stain-resistant pages stand up to the daily wear-and-tear of the clinical setting.

Mosby's Nursing PDQ for Critical Care, 2e

This portable reference offers numerous tables and charts on information needed every day in the critical care unit. Topics include formulas and calculations, drug fusion drip rate conversion charts, ECG rhythm strip rate chart, ventilator guidelines, normal lab values, and much more!

Quick Critical Care Reference

Stilwell, Susan B.

MOSBY'S CRITICAL CARE NURSING REFERENCE, 2ND EDITION, is a carefully organized resource that condenses the essentials of critical care nursing. The book's format promotes quick, easy access to information on disorders, treatment, assessment, monitoring, diagnostic testing, and drug therapy. It is helpful to nursing practitioners new to critical care as well as experienced critical care nurses who need a reference when dealing with less common situations. A Volume in the Nursing Reference Series

Translation of Stillwell: Pocket Guide to Cardiovascular Care, 2e

Cuidados Cardiovasculares: de la Serie Giuas Clinicas de Enferemeria (Guias Clinicas de Enfermeria) (Spanish Edition)

Elsevier Espana

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Books by Stillwell DNP RN CNE, Susan B.

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Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference

Virtual Clinical Excursions 2.0 to Accompany Thelan's Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management

Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference

Mosby's Nursing PDQ for Critical Care

Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference - Text and E-Book Package

Mosby's Nursing PDQ for Critical Care, 2e

Quick Critical Care Reference

Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference

Cuidados Cardiovasculares: de la Serie Giuas Clinicas de Enferemeria (Guias Clinicas de Enfermeria) (Spanish Edition)