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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455157303321

Titolo

Critical care concepts, role, and practice for the acute care nurse practitioner [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Mary M. Wyckoff, Douglas Houghton, Carolyn T. LePage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Springer Pub. Co., c2009

ISBN

1-78268-183-3

1-282-25959-8

9786612259593

0-8261-3827-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (581 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WyckoffMary M

HoughtonDouglas

LePageCarolyn T

Disciplina

616.02/8

Soggetti

Intensive care nursing

Nurse practitioners

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: An Established Role in Acute and Critical Care; Chapter 2 Legal Issues for Critical Care Advanced Practice Nurses; Chapter 3 Critical Care Pulmonary Management; Chapter 4 Cardiac Concepts in Acute Care; Chapter 5 Neurological Critical Care; Chapter 6 Managing Liver, Kidney, and Kidney-Pancreas Transplant in the ICU; Chapter 7 Care of the Critically Injured Patient; Chapter 8 Burn Management; Chapter 9 Multisystem Organ Failure

Chapter 10 Nutrition, Fluids, and Electrolytes in the Critically Ill PatientChapter 11 Endocrine Emergencies; Chapter 12 Infection and Antibiotic Use in the Critically Ill Patient; Chapter 13 End-of-Life and Palliative Care; Chapter 14 Procedures in Critical Care; Chapter 15 Sedation and Analgesia in the ICU; Chapter 16 Family-Centered Care; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors of this text present the first comprehensive guide to NP



practice in the acute and intensive care settings. An excellent reference for graduate students and practicing NPs, this comprehensive guidebook clearly delineates the role of the nurse practitioner in the intensive care environment. Critical Care discusses in detail the development and scope of this fast-growing new role for NPs. Significant emphasis is given to the complex pathophysiology and appropriate management of common problems encountered in the critical care environment, including trauma, infections, and disease. On