Critical care nursing : a holistic approach.

Previous ed.: Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott-Raven, 1998.

CD-ROM in back pocket.

Text on lining paper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Critical care nursing practice: an integration of caring, compentence, and commitment to excellence -- The patient's experience with critical illness -- The family's experience with critical illness -- Impact of the critical care environment on the patient -- Relieving pain and providing comfort -- Patient and family education in critical care -- Ethical issues in critical care nursing -- Legal issues in critical care nursing -- Genetic issues in critical care nursing -- Building a professional practice model for excellence in critical care nursing -- The critically ill pediatric patient -- The critically ill pregnant woman -- The critically ill older patient -- The postanesthesia patient -- Interfacility transport of the critically ill patient --

Anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system -- Patient assessment: cardiovascular system -- Patient management: cardiovascular system -- Common cardiovascular disorders -- Heart failure -- Acute myocardial infarction -- Cardiac surgery -- Anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system -- Patient assessment: respiratory system -- Patient management: respiratory system -- Common respiratory disorders -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Anatomy and physiology of the renal system -- Patient assessment: renal system -- Patient management: renal system -- Renal failure -- Anatomy and physiology of the nervous system -- Patient assessment: nervous system -- Patient management: nervous system --

Common neurosurgical and neurological disorders -- Head injury -- Spinal cord injury -- Anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal system -- Patient assessment: gastrointestinal system -- Patient management: gastrointestinal system -- Common gastrointestinal disorders -- Anatomy and physiology of the endocrine system -- Patient assessment: endocrine system -- Common endocrine disorders -- Anatomy and physiology of the hematological and immune systems -- Patient assessment: hematological and immune systems -- Organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation -- Common immunological disorders -- Common hematological disorders -- Anatomy and physiology of the integumentary system -- Patient assessment: integumentary system -- Patient management: integumentary system -- Burns -- Shock, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Trauma -- Drug overdose and poisoning.

This completely revised eighth edition of this clinical text is equally useful to nursing students and practicing critical care nurses. New information on conscious sedation, management of agitated delirium and AICD have been added.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows 98, SE, NT 4.0, 2000, ME, or XP.