Manual of Critical Care: Applying Nursing Diagnoses to Adult Critical Illness Swearingen; Swearingen, Pamela L. and Keen, Janet Hicks

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MANUAL OF CRITICAL CARE SECOND EDITION APPLYING NURSING DIAGNOSES TO ADULT CRITICAL ILLNESS This up-to-date care planning manual is an excellent clinical reference for applying nursing diagnoses to over 70 critical care disorders. Each quick-reference disorder entry contains a brief review of pathophysiology, discussions of assessment data, diagnostic tests, medical management/surgical intervention, nursing diagnoses/interventions, rehabilitation, and patient and family teaching. Manual of Critical Care features: — Over 70 critical care disorders — Expert authorship to ensure clinical relevancy and accuracy — A concise, consistent format devised especially for quick clinical use 9th conference NANDA nursing diagnoses — Over 50 new reference tables — Revised and expanded appendixes on pain management and cancer nursing — Spiral binding and a portable package for convenience in the clinical setting