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**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Critical Care** Winner of a Silver American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award for its 9th edition! Prepare for the challenges of today’s progressive and critical care nursing environments! Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management, 10th Edition is a comprehensive guide to critical care nursing concepts as they apply to clinical assessment, diagnostic procedures, and therapeutic management. Using a logical, body systems organization, this award-winning text uses an evidence-based approach to address the care of patients with critical physiological alterations. This new edition features an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion to reflect the 2021 AACN Essentials and the 2020-2030 Future of Nursing Report. It also features new disorder summary figures, Social Determinants of Health boxes, Supporting the Well-Being of Nurses boxes, Informatics boxes, and expanded resources for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination. Ideal for CCRN® and PCCN® exam preparation, Urden’s Critical Care Nursing helps you develop the critical thinking and clinical judgment skills required for success in progressive and critical care nursing settings. NEW! Updated content reflects the latest concepts, techniques, and technology of progressive and critical care nursing, and includes an emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion, and overcoming health disparities, as specified in the 2021 AACN Essentials and the 2020-2030 Future of Nursing Report NEW! Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) boxes address specific determinants of health and offer insights into future research and policy recommendations, summarizing the impact of SDOH on critically ill patients NEW! Supporting the Well-Being of Nurses boxes use vignettes to introduce and illustrate a model of nursing well-being NEW! Informatics boxes explore the use of information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making in nursing practice NEW! Disorder Summary figures in the disorders chapters make it easier to understand complex medical conditions Comprehensive, evidence-based content addresses all aspects of today’s progressive and critical care nursing practice, and includes references and online resources for further research and study Consistent organization within each body-system unit provides an efficient framework for classroom learning, for CCRN® and PCCN® certification preparation, and for reference in clinical practice Case studies promote critical thinking by asking you to consider a patient’s history, clinical assessment, diagnostic procedures, and diagnoses in order to solve clinical problems Patient care management plans incorporate the diagnosis, signs and symptoms, outcomes, and nursing interventions with rationales UNIQUE! Facilitating Care Transitions chapter explains how critical care nurses can ensure patient safety and provide family education through all phases and locations of care, during transitions to other units and departments within the facility, and during patient discharge to various sites (e.g., home, hospice, long-term care) UNIQUE! Illustrated Patient-Centered Critical Care boxes highlight the trend to patient and family involvement, with discussions of topics such as family meetings, debriefing after a code, patient diaries, creating a calm environment, pet visitation, music therapy, the transition of care, and 24/7 ICU visitation Pharmacologic Management tables summarize common medications used for the treatment of various disorders, along with any special considerations Patient and Family Education Plan boxes introduce the home care topics to teach the patient and family prior to discharge Expanded Building Clinical Judgment case studies are provided on the Evolve website to help you prepare for the latest nursing licensure exam

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Author:   Linda D. Urden (Professor Emeritus, Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA) ,  Kathleen M. Stacy (Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Professor, Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA) ,  Mary E. Lough ,  Kimberly Sanchez, PhD, RN, CCRN, ACCNS- AG (Nurse Scientist, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nursing, Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, California)
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Churchill Livingstone
Edition:   10th edition
Weight:   2.190kg
ISBN:  

9780443115813

ISBN 10:   0443115818
Pages:   1112
Publication Date:   06 May 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

UNIT I: Foundations of Critical Care Nursing 1. Critical Care Nursing Practice 2. Ethical and Legal Issues 3. Genetic Issues 4. Facilitating Care Transitions 5. Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations 6. Nutrition Alterations and Management 7. Pain and Pain Management 8. Sedation, Agitation, and Delirium Management 9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care UNIT II: Cardiovascular Alterations 10. Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology 11. Cardiovascular Clinical Assessment 12. Cardiovascular Diagnostic Procedures 13. Cardiovascular Disorders 14. Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management UNIT III: Pulmonary Alterations 15. Pulmonary Anatomy and Physiology 16. Pulmonary Clinical Assessment 17. Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures 18. Pulmonary Disorders 19. Pulmonary Therapeutic Management UNIT IV: Neurologic Alterations 20. Neurologic Anatomy and Physiology 21. Neurologic Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures 22. Neurologic Disorders and Therapeutic Management UNIT V: Kidney Alterations 23. Kidney Anatomy and Physiology 24. Kidney Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures 25. Kidney Disorders and Therapeutic Management UNIT VI: Gastrointestinal Alterations 26. Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology 27. Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures 28. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management UNIT VII: Endocrine Alterations 29. Endocrine Anatomy and Physiology 30. Endocrine Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures 31. Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management UNIT VIII: Multisystem Alterations 32. Trauma 33. Sepsis, Shock, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome 34. Burns 35. Organ Donation and Transplantation 36. Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies Unit IX: Special Populations 37. The Obstetric Patient 38. The Pediatric Patient 39. The Older Adult Patient Appendix A: Patient Care Management Plans Appendix B: Physiologic Formulas for Critical Care Appendix C: Canadian Laboratory Values

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Professor Emeritus Linda D. Urden works at the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science and Beyster Institute for Nursing Research, University of San Diego in San Diego, California. Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Professor Kathleen M. Stacy works at the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, University of San Diego, San Diego, California. Nurse Scientist, Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Mary E. Lough works at Stanford Health Care; Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Nurse Scientist, Clinical Nurse Specialist Kimberly Sanchez works at the Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, California.

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