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Critical care nursing of older adults : best practices /
In increasing numbers, geriatric patients are being treated in intensive and critical care, as well as by trauma and emergency departments. This book is an evidence-based, best-practices guide that directs the bedside care of critically ill elders by practicing ICU nurses in an area where the care n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer Pub. Co.,
©2010.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. The context for critical care nursing of older adults
- ch. 1. Introduction and overview / Marquis D. Foreman, Kown Milisen, and Terry T. Fulmer
- ch. 2. Standards of practice for gerontological and critical care nursing / Ruth M. Kleinpell
- ch. 3. The critical care environment / Dorothy F. Tullmann, Polly Beckwith Hawkes, and Elizabeth H. Enfield
- ch. 4. Patient safety for older patients in the intensive care setting / Judy Dillworth and Terry T. Fulmer
- II. Social aspects of critical care nursing of older adults
- ch. 5. Ethical decision making / Ethel L. Mitty
- ch. 6. Continuity of care / Kathleen M. McCauley
- ch. 7. Family responses to critical care of the older adult / Jane S. Leske
- ch. 8. End-of-life care and decisions about life-sustaining treatments / Karen Kehl and Karin T. Kirchoff
- ch. 9. Becoming frail / Graham J. McDougall, Jr., and Carol L. Delville
- ch. 10 The chronically critically ill / Clareen Wiencek and Ronald Hickman, Jr.
- . ch. 11. Function of older adults in acute care: optimizing an opportunity / Barbara Resnick
- III. Foundations for clinical care of critically ill older adults
- ch. 12. Physiology of aging
- Impact on critical illness and treatment / Alexandra J. Brock and Rita A. Jablonski
- ch. 13. Pharmacotherapy / J. Mark Ruscin
- ch. 14. Nutrition and hydration / Kathryn A. Wilt and Donna M. Fick
- . 15. Physical restraints in critical care: Practice issues and future directions / Lorraine C. Mion and Cheryl M. Bradas
- ch. 16. Infection, sepsis, and immune function / Matthew R. Sorenson
- ch. 17. Understanding and manging sleep disorders in older adult patients in the intensive care unit / Elisabeth Marie, NIrav Patel, and Nalaka S. Goonratne
- ch. 18. Pain in the critically ill older adult / Céline Gélinas and Keela Herr
- IV Approaches to complex clinical issues in critically ill older adults
- ch. 19. Pressure ulcer prevention and management / Tom Defloor, Katrien Vanderwee, and Carol Dealey
- ch. 20. Wound healing in the elderly / Courtney H. Lyder
- ch. 21. Substance abuse and withdrawal / Marc Sabbe and Joris Vandenberghe
- ch. 22. Urinary incontinence in critically ill older adults / Mary H. Palmer
- ch. 23. Heart failure in the critically ill older patient / Debra K. Moser and Michael W. Rich
- ch. 24. Perioprative care of the elderly / Jeffrey H. Silverstein
- . ch. 25. Acute respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation in the elderly / Jill Kamen
- . ch. 26. Delirium in critical illness / Marquis D. Foreman, Marieke Schuurmans, and Koen Milisen.