AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing Pocket Handbook 2nd Edition PDF Download Ebook. Marianne Chulay, Suzanne Burns and American Association of Critical-Care Nurses features tables and figures that encapsulate all the information required to give safe and effective care to critically ill patients.
This text provides the essential information needed for quick reference in intensive care, coronary care, PACU's, telementry units, and other critical care settings. It can be used with Essentials of Critical Care, the textbook recommended by AACN to accompany AACN's ECCO (Essentials of Critical Care Orientation) program offered to provide online training for new critical care staff.
There is space throughout the handbook for the reader to make notes that may be specific to their unit or references and citations of interest. Marianne Chulay, RN, DNSc, FAAN, is a critical care nursing/clinical research consultant in Chapel Hill, NC. 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.
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.
