Critical care nursing of infants & children / Martha A.Q. Curley and Patricia A. Moloney-Harmon.
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TextPublication details: London : W. B. Saunders, 2001.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1008p. : illISBN: - 9780721690315 (hbk.) :
- 0721690319
- 610.7362 CUR
- RJ370
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 610.7362 CUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 200033 |
Previous ed.: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART 1: Holistic Pediatric Critical Care Nursing:- 1. The Essence of Pediatric Critical Care Nursing--2. Caring Practices: Providing Developmentally Supportive Care--3. Caring Practices: The impact of the Critical Care Experience on the Family--PART 2: The Practice Environment:- 4. Leadership in Pediatric Critical Care--5. Facilitation of Learning--6. Advocacy and Moral Agency: A Road Map for Navigating Ethical Issues in Pediatric Critical Care--PART 3: Phenomena of Concern:-7. Tissue Perfusion--8. Oxygenation and Ventilation--9. Acid-base balance--10. Intracranial Dynamics--11. Fluid and Electrolyte Regulation--12. Nutrition Support--13. Clinical Pharmacology--14. Thermal Regulation--15. Host Defenses--16. Skin Integrity--17. Caring Practices: Providing Comfort--PART 4: Final Common Pathways:- 18. Cardiovascular Critical Care Problems--19. Pulmonary Critical Care Problems--20. Neurologic Critical Care Problems--21. Renal Critical Care Problems--22. Gastrointestinal Critical Care Problems--23. Endocrine Critical Care Problems--24. Hematologic Critical Care Problems--PART 5: Multisystem Problems:- 25. Oncologic Critical Care Problems--26. Organ Transplantation--27. Shock--28. Trauma--29. Thermal Injury--30. Toxic Ingestions--31. Resuscitation and Transport of Infants and Children.
Holistic pediatric critical care nursing--The practice environment--Phenomena of concern--Final common pathways--Multisystem problems.
Written for clinicians by experts in the field, this edition addresses the increase of paediatric patients in adult ICUs and in pataient paediatric acuity. It includes a new chapter on clinical pharmacology.