Feeling unsure about your critical care nursing skills? Time to gain
some confident know-how, with the freshly updated Critical Care
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!(R), 5th Edition.
This friendly, fully illustrated guide offers clear, concise direction
on treating numerous acute and life-threatening issues. Absorb current
best practices on critical care basics and specialized areas such as
advanced life support measures, multisystem trauma, and treating
specialized needs. This is ideal guidance for students, nurses new to
clinical care, and those preparing for the Critical Care (CCRN)
certification exam.
Let this expert review text guide you to exam and on-the-unit
success:
- NEW end-of-book practice exam
- Expansive, systems-based review of acute care conditions for all body
systems
- Guidance on treating multisystem disorders - burns, hyperthermia,
hypothermia, hypovolemic shock, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
(MODS), septic shock, trauma and more
- Expert guidance on nursing skills - blood and fluid replacement, rapid
assessment and interventions, emergency measures, fluid
replacement/resuscitation, drug therapy, pressure ulcer management,
moderate sedation, CPR and emergency cardiac care, and more
- Numerous images and charts demonstrate clinical use of IV fluids,
interpreting serum electrolyte test results, drug therapy for
multisystem disorders, and more
- Step-by-step direction on performing blood transfusions with a guide
to transfusion reactions
- Top-level instruction in areas including oncology, acute care surgery,
drug overdose and poisoning, palliative care and pain management,
nutrition, prevention and screening, professional roles and ethics,
test-taking strategies
- Ideal review text for grasping the components required to master the
CCRN certification exam
- Chapter features include:
- Just the facts - a quick summary of content at the start of each
chapter
- Advice from experts - tips and tricks and key troubleshooting
techniques
- Take charge! - potentially lethal situations and steps to take
when they occur
- Handle with care - identifies concerns and actions related to
elderly, pediatric, and bariatric patients
- Weighing the evidence - highlights research that guides practice
- Memory joggers - memory aids to help you grasp and remember
difficult concepts
- Certification tips - draws out the most important concepts from
each chapter in relation to the CCRN exam
- Quick quiz - end-of-chapter multiple choice questions, with
answers and rationales
- Practice makes perfect - extensive end-of-book practice exam to
test knowledge in preparation for NCLEX and certification
About the Clinical Editor
David W. Woodruff, PhD, APRN, CNE, CCRN-K, FNAP, is Faculty Development
Specialist at the Center for Faculty Excellence at the Chamberlain
College of Nursing in Cleveland, Ohio.
