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AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing Pocket Handbook 2nd Edition
Author(s): Marianne Chulay (Author), Suzanne M. Burns (Author), American Association Of Critical-Care Nurses Aacn (Author)
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
- Publication Date: 1 Jun. 2010
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 196 pages
- ISBN-10: 0071664084
- ISBN-13: 9780071664080
Book Description
Essential Data Critical Care Nurses Must Know
Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, this go-anywhere handbook features tables and figures that encapsulate all the information required to give safe and effective care to critically ill patients.
Contents include: Critical Care Drug Tables • Normal Values for Laboratory Tests and Physiologic Parameters • Lists of Assessment Components • Cardiac Rhythms: ECG Characteristics and Treatment Guides, Including Sample Rhythm Strips • 12-Lead ECG Changes in Acute Myocardial Ischemia and Infarct • Troubleshooting Guide for Hemodynamic Monitoring Equipment • Indications for Mechanical Ventilation • Weaning Assessment Tool • ACLS Algorithms.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Suzanne Burns, RN, MSN, RRT, ACNP, CCRN, FAAN, FCCM, is a Professor of Nursing, an Advanced Practice Nurse 2 in the MICU, and the Director of the Professional Nursing Staff Organization’s Clinical Research Program at the University of Virginia Health Systems in Charlottesville Virginia.
