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by: Chulay, Marianne; Burns, Suzanne; AACN, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

ISBN: 9780071664080 | 0071664084

Sales Handle Pulling the most essential data from AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing, this pocket handbook gives theacute care nurse access to crucial information, quickly and accurately. It is an ideal tool for nurses going through orientation on the hospital floor, and this edition will be linked to AACN's Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO), which is used in more than 700 hospitals.About the Book This practical book is the best resource to meet the needs of the entry-level, critical care nurse, pulling information the floor ... MOREnurse will need in a handy pocket size. For use by the individual nurse, or as a resource on the hospital floor, this guide provide basic content forall floor nurses, and more advanced information for the specialites.Features Linked to AACN's online Essentials of Critical Care Orientation, which is used in 700 hospitals. Evidence-based treatment guides based on AACN Protocols for Practice and national guidelines Cardiac rhythms, ECG characteristics, sample rhythm strips, and treatment guides Provides the practical knowledge necessary for the Critical Care nurse to succeed, with up-to-date content andall the Evidence-Based practice guidelines to support standards of care, all in a handy, condensed, pocket sizebook. Provides hospitals with quality critical care orientation content, to be used alone, or in conjunctionwith AACN's Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO).Market/Audience Primary Market:1.6 million nurses working in an acute care environment Secondary Market:80,000 nursing students taking a course in Critical CareAuthor Profiles Marianne Chulay, RN, DNSc, FAAN (Chapel Hill, NC)is a critical care nursing/clinical research consultant inChapel Hill, NC.Suzanne Burns, RN, MSN, RRT, ACNP, CCRN, FAAN, FCCM (Charlottesville, VA)is a Professor of Nursing, an Advanced Practice Nurse 2 in the MICU, and the Director of the Professional Nursing Staff Organization's Clinical Research Program at the University of Virginia Health Systems in Charlottesville Virginia. She is known nationally for her work in the areas of weaning, mechanical ventilation and clinical research. Suzi speaks and publishes widely on these and many other topics and is the inventor of the Burns Wean Assessment Program (BWAP). She has received numerous awards such as the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) DistinguishedResearcher Award and Mentoring Award, the University of Virginia (UVA) Outstanding Contributor Award, UVA School of Nursing's Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award and "Leadership Award", and the Sigma Theta Tau Distinguished Nurse Award?. Suzi is also a recent past member of the AACN's Board of Directors.

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Pulling the most essential data from AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing, this pocket handbook gives theacute care nurse access to crucial information, quickly and accurately.It is an ideal tool for nurses going through orientation on the hospital floor, and this edition will be linked toAACN'sEssentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO), which is used in more than 700 hospitals.

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Critical Care Nursing and Clinical Research, Gainesville, FL. Pocket guide to selected tables and figures from the textbook. Features critical care drug tables, lists of assessment components, and indications for mechanical ventilation. For nurses. Previous edition: c2006. Textbook also available. Wire-spiral binding and landscape format.

Section I. Normal Values
1.1 Normal Values Table
Section II. Assessment
2.1 Summary of Prearrival and Admission Quick Check Assessments
2.2 Summary of Comprehensive Admission Assessment
2.3 Suggested Questions for Review of Past History Categorized by Body System
2.4 Ongoing Assessment Template
2.5 Identification of Symptom Characteristics
2.6 Chest Pain Assessment
2.7 Pain Assessment Tools Commonly Used in Critically Ill Patients
2.8 CAM-ICU Worksheet
2.9 Glasgow Coma Scale
2.10 Sensory Dermatomes
2.11 Ed... MOREema Rating Scale
2.12 Peripheral Pulse Rating Scale
2.13 Physiologic Effects of Aging
Section III. ECG Concepts
3.1 ECG Lead Placement for a Three-Wire System
3.2 ECG Lead Placement for a Five-Wire System
3.3 Twelve-Lead ECG Placement
3.4 Right Side ECG chest Lead Placement
3.5 Waves, Complexes, and Intervals
3.6 Heart Rate Determination
3.7 Heart Rate Determination Using the Electrocardiogram Large Boxes
3.8 Recommended Leads for Continuous ECG Monitoring
3.9 Advantages of Common Monitoring Leads
3.10 Evidence-Based Practice: Bedside Cardiac Monitoring for Arrhythmia Detection
3.11 Evidence-Based Practice: ST-Segment Monitoring
3.12 Cardiac Rhythms, ECG Characteristics, and Treatment Guide
3.13 Guidelines for Management of Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter (Class I Recommendations Only)
3.14 Guidelines for Management of Supraventricular Arrhythmias (Class I Recommendations Only)
3.15 Guidelines for Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias (Class I Recommendations Only)
3.16 Normal 12-Lead ECG Waves
3.17 Normal ST Segment and T Waves
3.18 Zones of Myocardial Ischemia, Injury, and Infarction with Associated ECG Changes
3.19 ECG Patterns Associated with Myocardial Ischemia
3.20 ECG Patterns Associated with Acute Myocardial Injury
3.21 ECG Changes Associated with Myocardial Infarction
3.22 Typical Plasma Profiles
3.23 Clinical Presentation of Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction
3.24 Evidence-Based Practice: acute Coronary Syndrome ST-Elevation MI and Non-ST-Elevation MI
3.25 Summary of Causes of Axis Deviations
3.26 ECG Clues for Differentiating Aberation from Ventricular Ectopy
3.27 Pacemaker Codes
3.28 Dual-Chamber Pacing Modes
Section IV. Cardiovascular Concepts
4.1 Intra-Aortic Ballon Pump Frequency of 1:2
4.2 Intra-Aortic Ballon Pump Frequency of 1:1
4.3 Inaccurate Intra-Aortic Ballon Pump Timing
4.4 Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Pulseless Arrest Algorithm
4.5 Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Bradycardia Algorithm
4.6 Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Tachycardia Algorithm
4.7 Problems Encountered with Arterial Catheters
4.8 Inaccurate Arterial Pressure Measurements
4.9 Pulmonary Artery Port Functions
4.10 Leveling of the PA Catheter
4.11 Referencing and Zeroing the Hemodynamic Monitoring System
4.12 Assessing Damping Concepts from Square Wave Test
4.13 Pressure Waveforms Observed during Pulmonary Artery Catheter Insertion
4.14 Pulmonary Artery Waveform and Components
4.15 Effect of a Mechanical Ventilator Breath on PA Waveform
4.16 Reading End Expiration Before a Spontaneous Breath
4.17 Evidence-Based Practice: Pulmonary Artery Pressure Measurement
4.18 Problems Encountered with Pulmonary Artery Catheters
4.19 Inaccurate Pulmonary Artery Pressure Measurements
4.20 Troubleshooting Problems with Thermodilution Cardiac Output Measurements
4.21 Common Inotropic Therapies in Treating Abnormal Hemodynamics
4.22 Common Preload Reducers for Abnormal Hemodynamics
4.23 Common Afterload Reducing Agents
Section V. Respiratory Concepts
5.1 Normal Chest X-Ray
5.2 Mediastinal Structures Visible on a Chest X-Ray
5.3 Chest X-Ray of COPD
5.4 Chest X-Ray of Pneumothorax
5.5 Chest X-Ray of Right Lower Lobe Pneumonia
5.6 Chest X-Ray Showing Carina and Right Bronchus
5.7 Chest X-Ray with PA Catheter, ET Tube, and Chest Tube
5.8 Acid-Base Abnormalities
5.9 Indications for Mechanical Ventilation
5.10 Pulmonary Specific Wean Criteria Thresholds (Pulmonary Specific)
5.11 Burns' Wean Assessment Program (BWAP)
5.12 Algorithm for Managing Ventilator Alarms and/or Development of Acute Respiratory Distress
5.13 Algorithm t Correct Hypoxaemia in an cute COPC Patient
Section VI. Neurological Concepts
6.1 Glasgow Coma Scale
6.2 Cranial Nerve Function
6.3 Circle of Willis
6.4 Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Syndromes
6.5 Spinal Cord Injury-Functional Goals for Specific Levels of Complete Injury
6.6 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Systems
Section VII. Pharmacology Tables
7.1 Intravenous Medication Administration Guidelines
7.2 Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
7.3 Vasoactive Agents
7.4 Antiarrhythmic Agents
7.5 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
7.6 Tips for Calculating IV Medication Infusion Rates

Marianne Chulay, RN, DNSc, FAAN, is a critical care nursing/clinical research consultant inChapel Hill, NC.

Suzanne Burns, RN, MSN, RRT, ACNP, CCRN, FAAN, FCCM, is a Professor of Nursing, an Advanced Practice Nurse 2 in the MICU, and the Director of the Professional Nursing Staff Organization's Clinical Research Program at the University of Virginia Health Systems in Charlottesville Virginia. She is known nationally for her work in the areas of weaning, mechanical ventilation and clinical research. Suzi speaks and publishes widely on these and many other topics and is the inventor of the Burns Wean Assessment Program (BWAP). She has received numerous awards such as the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Distinguished Researcher Award and Mentoring Award, the University of Virginia (UVA) ?Outstanding Contributor Award, UVA School of Nursing's Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award and "Leadership Award", and the Sigma Theta Tau Distinguished Nurse Award. Suzi is also a recent past member of the AACN's Board of Directors.