Fast Facts for the Critical Care Nurse 1st Edition by Michele Angell Landrum 9780826107299 082610729X

I. Foundations of Critical Care

1. Critical Care Nursing Overview

INTRODUCTION

QUALIFICATIONS

CERTIFICATIONS

TYPES OF CRITICAL CARE UNITS

SELF-CARE FOR THE CRITICAL CARE NURSE

2. The Importance of Documentation

INTRODUCTION

NURSING STANDARDS OF PRACTICE

THE NURSING PROCESS

DOCUMENTATION

MALPRACTICE

3. Advance Directives and Organ Donation

INTRODUCTION

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

EYE AND ORGAN DONATION

4. Withdrawal of Treatment and Palliative Care

INTRODUCTION

WITHDRAWAL OF MEDICAL TREATMENT

TERMINAL WEAN

PALLIATIVE CARE

EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OF THE FAMILY

HEALTH CARE TEAM EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

II. Critical Care Basics

5. Basic Patient Care in the Critical Care Setting

INTRODUCTION

HEAD-TO-TOE ASSESSMENT

Patient Interview

Physical Assessment

BASIC PATIENT CARE TECHNIQUES

Oral Care

Skin Care and Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Urinary Catheters

6. Patient Nutrition

INTRODUCTION

THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION IN THE ICU

ASSESSING AND MONITORING NUTRITIONAL STATUS

Oral Nutrition

Enteral Nutrition

Parenteral Nutrition

7. The Sterile Field, Pre-procedural Patient Preparation, and Consciouns Sedation

INTRODUCTION

ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE

THE STERILE FIELD

INFORMED CONSENT

PRE-PROCEDURAL PATIENT PREPARATION

Patient Education

Basic Patient Preparation

Procedural Sedation

8. Isolation Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment

INTRODUCTION

ISOLATION PRECAUTIONS

STANDARD PRECAUTIONS

CONTACT PRECAUTIONS

DROPLET PRECAUTIONS

AIRBORNE PRECAUTIONS

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Gloves

Isolation Gown

Mask, Goggles, and Face Shield

9. Everything IV

INTRODUCTION

THE BASICS OF IV THERAPY

PERIPHERAL IV

CENTRAL VENOUS LINES

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter

Other Central Venous Catheters

Discontinuing and Removing a VAD

COMPLICATIONS OF IV THERAPY

IV MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION GUIDELINES

PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA

III. Critical Care Equipment Competencies

10. The Respiratory Station

INTRODUCTION

SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGENATION

INTUBATION

Endotracheal Tube

ETT Maintenance and Suctioning

Tracheal Tubes

MECHANICAL VENTILATION

EXTUBATION

11. Arterial Blood Gases, Arterial Lines, and Pulmonary Artery Catheters

INTRODUCTION

ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES

A-LINE

PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER

12. Discussing Dialysis and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

INTRODUCTION

DIALYSIS

HEMODIALYSIS

Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS

VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES

13. Cardiac Specialty Equipment

INTRODUCTION

TEMPORARY PACEMAKER

INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP

VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

ABIOMED 5000

THORATEC VAD

IMPELLA

PORTABLE VADS

IV. The Specialty Critical Care Unit

14. Surgical and Orthopedic Recovery Guidelines

INTRODUCTION

CHEST TUBES

CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE MONITORING

POST-SURGICAL WOUND CARE

POST-SURGICAL ORTHOPEDIC CARE

TRACTION

EXTERNAL FIXATION

PREVENTING POST-OP PULMONARY PROBLEMS AND DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS PROPHYLAXIS

Pulmonary Problems

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS PROPHYLAXIS

15. The Neuro ICU

INTRODUCTION

NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE (ICP) MANAGEMENT

VENTRICULAR CATHETER

OTHER TYPES OF ICP MONITORING

ADDITIONAL ICP MANAGEMENT

JUGULAR VENOUS OXYGEN SATURATION

OTHER NEUROLOGICAL MONITORING MODALITIES

16. General Cardiac Care and Post-Coronary-Artery-Bypass-Graft Patients

INTRODUCTION

CARDIAC CARE

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY STUDY

POST-CABG PATIENTS

17. Transplant Patients

INTRODUCTION

RECOVERY GUIDELINES FOR ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

REJECTION

ORGAN-SPECIFIC TRANSPLANT RECOVERY GUIDELINES

Lung

Heart

Liver

Pancreas

Kidney

18. Burn Unit Basics

INTRODUCTION

BASIC BURN BREAKDOWN

THE RULE OF NINES

BURN CLASSIFICATION

TYPES OF BURNS

INHALATION ISSUES

GENERAL BURN CARE GUIDELINES