Download or read book Summer Issues and Accidents An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics written by Stephen D. Krau and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Stephen D. Krau, PhD, RN, CNE, from Vanderbilt University, will focus on Summer Trauma. Article topics will include Tick bites, Rabies, Snake bites, West Nile Virus, Spider bites, Allergic Reactions to Bee and Wasp Stings, Heat Exhaustation and Stroke, Near Drowning, and Musculoskeletal Injuries.
Download or read book Central Nervous System Infections An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics written by Cynthia Bautista and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics is Guest Edited by Cynthia Bautista, PhD, RN, CNRN and will focus on Central Nervous System Infections. Article topics will include bacterial meningitis, viral meningitis, viral encephalitis, cerebral abscess, spinal abscess, and ventriculitis.
Download or read book Safety An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics written by Debora Simmons and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Debora Simmons, RN, MSN, CCRN, CCNS, will feature such article topics as: Cause Mapping Critical Events; Blood Bank Safety in the ICU; Patient Safety in Perinatal Care; High Risk Drugs in Critical Areas; Enteral Feeding Tubing Misconnections; Safe Practices for Enteral Nutrition; Negotiating Safety; Device Complexity and Human Factors; Decreasing Risk; Delirium in ICU; and Voice of the Patient.
Download or read book Pressure Injuries Among Critical Care Patients An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America EBook written by Jenny G. Alderden and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with Consulting Editor, Dr. Cynthia Bautista, Dr. Jenny Alderden has assembled an expert author list to contribute clinical reviews on best practices for improving outcomes in and prevention of pressure injuries. Articles are specifically devoted to the following topics: Risk Factors for Pressure Injury Development among Critical Care Patients; Best Practice in Pressure Injury Prevention among Critical Care Patients; Best Practices in Pressure Injury Treatment; Pressure Injury Prevention and Treatment in Critically Ill Children; Medical Device-Related Pressure Injuries; Unstageable Pressure Injuries: Identification, Treatment, and Outcomes among Critical Care Patients; Deep Tissue Pressure Injuries: Identification, Treatment, and Outcomes among Critical Care Patients; The Role of Nutrition in Pressure Injury Prevention and Healing; and Heel Pressure Injuries in the Adult Critical Care Population; Pressure Injury Prevention Considerations for Older Adults. Readers will come away with best practices for improving pressure injury outcomes in critical care patients.
Download or read book Resuscitation An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America written by Justin H. DiLibero and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Editor Justin Dilibero brings his considerable expertise to the topic of resuscitation. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as trauma, sepsis, burns, pediatrics, cardiac arrest, and more. - Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on resuscitation for critical care nurses, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews. - Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including improving resuscitation outcomes in severe traumatic brain injury; targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest; family presence and support during resuscitation; the role of the tele-ICU; and more.
Download or read book Hematology An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics written by Melissa McLenon and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-12-28 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hematology, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics
Download or read book Aging and Critical Care An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics written by Sonya Hardin and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Endocrinology Clinics brings the reader up to date on the important advances in research surrounding acute diabetic complications. Guest edited by Leonid Poretsky and Eliana Liao, the topics covered include retinopathy, neuropathy, gastrointestinal complications, diabetic foot, dental complications, dermatologic complications, and more.
Download or read book Pressure Injuries Among Critical Care Patients an Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America written by Jenny G. Alderden and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Together with Consulting Editor, Dr. Cynthia Bautista, Dr. Jenny G. Alderden has put together a current clinical look at the prevention and management of pressure injuries for the critical care nurse. Top authors have submitted clinical reviews that provide comprehensive coverage of this highly important topic. Specific articles are devoted to the following areas: Risk Factors for Pressure Injury Development among Critical Care Patients; Best Practice in Pressure Injury Prevention; Best Practice in Pressure Injury Treatment; Pressure Injury Risk in the NICU Population; Medical Device Related Pressure Injuries; Unstageable Pressure Injuries: Identification, Treatment, and Outcomes among Critical Care Patients; Deep Tissue Pressure Injuries: Identification, Treatment, and Outcomes among Critical Care Patients; Stage of the Science: Stage 1 Pressure Injuries among Critical Care Patients; The Role of Nutrition in Pressure Injury Prevention and Healing; and Heel Pressure Injury. Readers will come away with the information they need to improve outcomes in their critical care patients.
Download or read book Management of Patients with Traumatic Injuries An Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics written by Karen Bergman and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special considerations arise as critical care nurses care for victims of trauma and violence. This issue highlights the recent advances in the care of these patients, including victims of street crime and domestic violence. As a result of the wars in Afganistan and Iraq, changes in the echelons of care have been brought to U.S. trauma centers in order to better triage, manage, and provide post-surgical care to trauma patients. Articles in this issue address the advances in this field.
Download or read book Quality Outcomes and Costs An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America E Book written by Deborah Garbee and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-05-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In consultation with Consulting Editor, Dr. Jan Foster, Drs. Garbee and Danna have put together a state-of the-art issue of the Critical Care Nursing Clinics devoted to Quality Outcomes and Costs. Clinical review articles are specifically devoted to the following: Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, and Practice Alerts; Telehealth Use to Promote Quality Outcomes and Reduce Costs; Impact of a Mobility Team on ICU Patient Outcomes; MACRA and MIPS Impact on Quality and Cost Outcomes; Leadership’s Impact on Quality, Outcomes, and Costs; Big Data Sets Use for Quality, Outcomes, and Cost; Pediatric Quality Metrics Related to Quality Outcomes and Cost; Geriatric Outcomes Related to Quality and Cost; Mental Health/Behavioral Health Metrics; Obstetric Quality Outcomes and Cost; Emergency Department Throughput; and Veteran Outcomes. Readers will come away with the latest information they need to improve quality and improve out comes in critically ill patients.
Download or read book Critical Care of Patients with Mental Health Issues An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics written by Susan Mace Weeks and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics will include articles on the following topics: Aggression and suicide risk; Bariatric patients; Alcohol abuse; Consultation for mental health and addiction issues; Delirium; Domestic violence and Hospice referral.
Download or read book Violence Injury and Trauma written by Eileen Alexy and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With staggering figures like almost 800,000 children abused each year, and two million spouses injured every year in domestic violence incidents, this topic is essential material for discussion for critical care nurses. The guest editors have chosen to update some topics done in the 1997 issue, such as "Firearm Violence in America," "Care of the Pregnant Trauma Patient," and "Child Maltreatment," while adding various new topics like "Shaken Baby Syndrome," and "Fire and Smoke Injuries."
Download or read book Evidence Based Trauma Pearls An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America E Book written by Jeanette Vaughan and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, guest editor Dr. Jeanette Vaughan brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Evidenced-Based Trauma Pearls. Top experts in the field provide evidence-based pearls on key topics such as airway management, spinal cord injuries, chest trauma, geriatric frailty trauma, TBI, falls, trauma and the obstetric patient; and more. Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including the multidisciplinary team in critical care; ethical dilemmas in critical care; LGBT+ and trauma; social determinants of health in trauma patients; victim mental health trauma; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on evidenced-based trauma pearls, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Download or read book Infection in the Intensive Care Unit An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America E Book written by Todd Tartavoulle and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-02-08 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical care units are high-risk areas which contribute to increased health care costs and increased patient morbidity and mortality. Patients in critical care units are commonly confronted with existing and the potential to develop infections. Critical care practitioners play a crucial role as initial providers to critically ill patients with infections through the delivery of timely and appropriate therapies aimed to prevent and treat patient infections. The responsibility of critical care practitioners include prudent delivery of care to treat current infections as well as ensuring the delivery of care does not increase the development of new infections. Aggressive infection control measures are needed to reduce infections in critical care settings. Dissemination of scholarly work on the topic of infection in critically ill patients can play a role in improving patient outcomes. The information provided on infections in this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics promotes the dissemination of current literature on a series of timely and relevant infection topics in critical care environments.
Download or read book Intensive Care Unit in Disaster An Issue of Critical Care Clinics written by Marie Baldisseri and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-08-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Marie Baldisseri, Mary Reed, and Randy Wax, in collaboration with Consulting Editor John Kellum, is devoted to Intensive Care Unit in Disaster. Topics in this issue include: Intensive care role in disaster management; Preparing the ICU for disaster; Augmenting capacity; Triage; Natural disasters; Biological/pandemic disasters; Chemical disasters; Radiation; Anthropogenic (terrorist/criminal act) disasters; Special populations (i.e., chronically ill, morbidly obese, pregnant); Pediatrics; Austere environments; Hospital as disaster Ground Zero; and Special considerations (i.e., mental health, ethics, public relations).
Download or read book Black s Medical Surgical Nursing First South Asia Edition written by Malarvizhi S. and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 2458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Content revised, updated, and adapted to suit the South Asian curricula - A new chapter added on Geriatric Nursing, in line with the curriculum prescribed by the Indian Nursing Council - Statistics, health programs, and nursing practice guidelines updated for regional adaptation - Review questions added to all the units within the book - Digital resources available on MedEnact: Instructor Resources 1. Image collection 2. Instructor's manual 3. PowerPoint presentations Student Resources 1. Case studies 2. Critical thinking questions 3. Guides to clinical pathways 4. Client education guides
Download or read book Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America written by Karen Bergman and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special considerations arise as critical care nurses care for victims of trauma and violence. This issue highlights the recent advances in the care of these patients, including victims of street crime and domestic violence. As a result of the wars in Afganistan and Iraq, changes in the echelons of care have been brought to U.S. trauma centers in order to better triage, manage, and provide post-surgical care to trauma patients. Articles in this issue address the advances in this field.
