Concise yet thorough guidance on how to safely and competently care for adult progressive care patients and their families
Endorsed
by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and written
by top clinical experts in acute and progressive care nursing, this
textbook covers all the must-know details on the care of adult
progressive care patients and their families. Supported by helpful
tables and algorithms, the book`s practical, building-block organization
starts with the basics before proceeding to more complex concepts. The
AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing includes essential
information to successfully prepare for PCCN certification in
progressive care and much more! The AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing is divided into four sections:
THE ESSENTIALS
-- presents information that clinicians must understand to provide
safe, competent nursing care to the majority of progressive care
patients, regardless of their underlying medical diagnoses
PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS -- covers pathologic conditions and management strategies commonly encountered among adult, progressive care patients
ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN CARING FOR THE PROGRESSIVE CARE PATIENT
-- presents advanced progressive care concepts or pathologic conditions
that are less common or more specialized than expected in adult
progressive care
KEY REFERENCE INFORMATION -- features
normal laboratory and diagnostic values; pharmacology tables; algorithms
for advanced cardiac life support; and summary tables of cardiac
rhythms, ECG characteristics, and treatment guides