| Description |
1 online resource (837 pages) |
| Contents |
Front cover; ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing; Copyright page; Table of contents; Foreword; Preface; About the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN); About the Editors; Contributors; Reviewers; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Scope of Critical Care Practice; Learning objectives; Key words; Introduction; Development of Critical Care Nursing; Roles of Critical Care Nurses; Clinical Decision Making; Leadership in Critical Care Nursing; Developing a Body of Knowledge; Summary; Online resources; Further reading; References; Chapter 2: Resourcing Critical Care |
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Learning objectivesKey words; Introduction; Ethical Allocation and Utilisation of Resources; Historical Influences; Economic Considerations and Principles; Budget; Critical Care Environment; Equipment; Staff; Risk Management; Measures of Nursing Workload or Activity; Management of Pandemics; Summary; Online resources; Further reading; References; Chapter 3: Quality and Safety; Learning objectives; Key words; INTRoDUCTION; Quality and Safety Monitoring; Patient Safety; Summary; Online resources; References; Chapter 4: Recovery and Rehabilitation; Learning objectives; Key words; Introduction |
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Icu-Acquired WeaknessPatient Outcomes Following a Critical Illness; Psychological Recovery; Rehabilitation and Mobility in Icu; Ward-Based Post-ICU Recovery; Recovery after Hospital Discharge; Summary; Abstract; Critique; Online resources; Further reading; References; Chapter 5: Ethical Issues in Critical Care; Learning objectives; Key words; Introduction; Principles, Rights and the Link with Law; End-of-Life Decision Making; Brain Death; Organ Donation; Ethics in Research; Summary; Relevant Legislation; Online resources; Further reading; References |
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Chapter 6: Essential Nursing Care of the Critically Ill PatientLearning objectives; Key words; Introduction; Personal Hygiene; Eye Care; Oral Hygiene; Patient Positioning and Mobilisation; Bowel Management; Urinary Catheter Care; Bariatric Considerations; Infection Control in the Critical Care Unit: General Principles; Transport of Critically Ill Patients: General Principles; Summary; Online resources; Further reading; References; Chapter 7: Psychological Care; Learning objectives; Key words; Introduction; Anxiety; Delirium; Sedation; Pain; Sleep; Summary; Online resources; Further reading |
| Summary |
A revised new edition of this comprehensive critical care nursing text, developed with the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN). This second edition of ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing has been fully revised and updated for critical care nurses and students in Australia and New Zealand. As well as featuring the most recent critical care research data, current clinical practice, policies, procedures and guidelines specific to Australia and New Zealand, this new edition offers new and expanded chapters and case studies. The ultimate guide for critical care nurs |
| Bibliography |
ReferencesChapter 8: Family and Cultural Care of the Critically Ill Patient; Learning objectives; Key words; Introduction; Overview of Models of Care; Cultural Care; Religious Considerations; End-Of-Life Issues and Bereavement; Summary; Online resources; Further reading; References; Chapter 9: Cardiovascular Assessment and Monitoring; Learning objectives; Key words; Introduction; Related Anatomy and Physiology; Assessment; Haemodynamic Monitoring; Diagnostics; Summary; Online resources; References; Chapter 10: Cardiovascular Alterations and Management; Learning objectives; Key words |
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Print version record |
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Intensive care nursing -- Australia
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Intensive care nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Critical Care -- methods
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Nursing Care -- methods
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Critical & Intensive Care.
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Intensive care nursing
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Australia |
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New Zealand |
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aitken, Leanne
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Chaboyer, Wendy
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| ISBN |
9780729580687 |
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0729580687 |
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