Prepare to excel in the demanding world of critical care nursing with the premier resource: Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management, 9th Edition. Recognized as the 2nd-place winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award in emergency/critical care nursing for 2021, this e-textbook is your essential guide to navigating today’s high acuity, progressive, and critical care environments.
This comprehensive e-textbook empowers you to thoroughly understand and expertly apply critical care nursing principles. It seamlessly connects core concepts to vital clinical assessments, diagnostic procedures, and effective therapeutic management strategies. Renowned for its depth and clarity, this leading resource is structured logically by body systems, ensuring a coherent understanding of patient care concerning diverse physiological alterations.
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Comprehensive and Evidence-Based Content for Today’s Critical Care Challenges
This e-textbook delivers time-tested, high-quality content addressing every facet of modern critical care nursing. Its consistent organization within each body system unit provides an efficient framework not only for in-depth learning but also for effective CCRN® and PCCN® certification preparation. Furthermore, it serves as an invaluable reference tool in the fast-paced clinical practice setting. The content is rigorously evidence-based, extensively referenced, and enriched with internet resources to facilitate further exploration and study, ensuring you have access to the most current and reliable information in critical care nursing diagnosis and patient management.
Enhanced Learning Features for Clinical Judgment and Exam Readiness
The 9th Edition is meticulously designed to enhance your learning experience and prepare you for professional success. Integrating Enhanced Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies, the text links content directly to QSEN frameworks. This is achieved through dedicated QSEN-related questions in case studies, clearly labeled QSEN features and boxes, QSEN content icons, and highlighted QSEN information throughout the e-textbook. Prepare confidently for the Next Generation NCLEX® Exam with newly added exam-style case studies, specifically designed to sharpen your clinical judgment skills and align with the latest nursing licensure examination formats.
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Focus on Patient-Centered Care, Transitions, and Emerging Trends
Staying ahead of the curve, this edition incorporates crucial updates and new perspectives. The new “Facilitating Care Transitions” chapter is dedicated to equipping critical care nurses with strategies to ensure patient safety and provide comprehensive family education across all phases and locations of care. This includes seamless transitions between units, departments, and discharge to diverse settings like home, hospice, or long-term care facilities. Illustrated Patient-Centered Critical Care boxes highlight the growing emphasis on “humanizing the ICU,” advocating for greater patient and family inclusion. These features delve into evidence-based discussions on essential topics such as family meetings, post-code debriefing, patient diaries, creating calm environments, pet visitation, music therapy, and 24/7 ICU visitation, reflecting a holistic approach to critical care nursing diagnosis and management.
Addressing Modern Healthcare Needs and Professional Development
The e-textbook expands its coverage to address key trends shaping modern healthcare. This includes vital insights into personal protective equipment in response to global pandemics, the opioid crisis, special considerations for bariatric patients, oncology, and acute chest syndrome. Furthermore, it provides increased coverage of the technologies integral to patient monitoring and interprofessional team collaboration, enhancing patient management and the integration of QSEN competencies. Recognizing the multifaceted nature of critical care, a dedicated “Psychosocial and Spiritual Considerations” chapter emphasizes the holistic well-being of patients. Importantly, expanded content on self-care for healthcare professionals underscores the necessity for new critical care nurses to prioritize their own well-being alongside patient care.
Enhanced Features for Optimal Learning and International Application
Updated illustrations throughout the e-textbook improve visual understanding of complex concepts. Key Points now replace Chapter Summaries, offering quick, accessible references for study and review. To promote a global understanding, the inclusion of Canadian/SI units and a new Common Laboratory Values appendix facilitates international application and comprehension of essential laboratory data. New CCN learning features include insightful Concept Maps on protein-calorie malnutrition, burns, and pulmonary embolism, along with practical Case Studies on burns and facilitating care transition. Patient Care Management Plans focusing on stress overload and impaired spiritual status further enhance your practical skills in critical care nursing diagnosis and management.
This 9th Edition of Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management e-textbook remains the definitive resource, meticulously updated and enhanced to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in today’s complex critical care landscape and confidently prepare for professional certifications and examinations.
