Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!

By Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Book Overview

Confidently handle the complexities of critical care nursing, with the fully updated Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, 4th edition . Part of the award-winning Incredibly Easy series, this fun-to-read text is full of fun humor and illustrations, offering plenty of down-to-earth, expert advice and direction on crucial areas such as assessments, diagnostics, imaging, monitoring, pre- and post-operative care, and more. This comprehensive reference is a must-have for class use and NCLEX or certification exam preparation--and an invaluable on-the-spot clinical guide.
Learn the basics of critical care nursing or refresh your skills with brand new content on:
o moderate sedation, drug overdose interventions, and pressure ulcer management
o specialized areas such as rapid response teams and advanced life support methods
o caring for elderly, pediatric, and bariatric patients
Critical Care Nurisng Made Incredibly Easy will help you master the basicswith easy-to-follow guidance on . . .
- Up-to-date science and step-by-step directions on nursing procedures for basic, holistic, and system-based critical care, including pain assessment and management, drug administration, dealing with cardiac arrest, assessing brain death, equipment preparation and use, diagnostic testing, ongoing monitoring and evaluations, data collection, nonsurgical treatments, and much more
- Flow charts and diagrams lead you through determining symptoms, conditions, causes, tests, treatment, emergency situations, and more
- Practice pointers provide practical tips for areas such as dealing with patient and family issues, cultural considerations, ethical issues, end-of-life decisions, and more
- Numerous illustrations and words of wisdom from "Nurse Joy" throughout each chapter
- Illustrated quick guides to moderate sedation, CPR, emergency cardiac care, treating shock, preventing complications in the critically obese patient, and interventions for drug overdoses and poisoning
- Includes special features to help accelerate learning comprehension:
o Just the facts - An outline of content at start of every chapter
o Advice from the experts - Practical tips from experienced practitioners
o Take charge - What to do in potentially lethal situations
o Handle with care - Procedures for elderly, pediatric, and bariatric patients
o Ages and stages - Issues where the patient's age impacts critical care o Write it down - Tips on critical care documentation
o Quick Quiz - NCLEX-style questions (and answers) after every chapter o Memory joggers - Simple tricks for remembering complex concepts

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496306937
• ISBN13: 9781496306937
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: LWW
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

All "Incredibly Easy! Series are great!

I like all the "Incredibly Easy" books. Explains the entire nursing process and what to do/look out for.

Incredibly Easy Book to Use

This books is a terrific reference for any nurse working in critical care. The chapters are organized logically and the content is easy to grasp with great graphics and illustrations. The accompanying CD would be helpful for nurses studying for NCLEX boards, as well as a review while studying for the CCRN exam. The chapter quizes are comprehensive and help to solidfy the information presented. It's ideal for use as an educator in lectures and teaching moments. I would recommend this book to anyone working in ICU or PACU who want to review pathophysiology and patient care related to alterations in these systems. I also recommend this to clinical educators for the content and simple language and concepts, from which content would be easy to develop.

Incredibly good buy!

The nursing made incredibly easy series of books are great. Critical Care Nursing is difficult to grasp and this book definitely helps!

Great test review tool!

I love this CD! It is a great way to take a break from studying, have fun and still use your precious time effectively! It is filled with humor and even gives you praise for correct answers. If you answer incorrectly, you may get a pie in the face, or your desk may fall through a trap door in the floor! You can choose 3 different modes: endless lecture, problem patient, tedious textbook torture. You can then pick your content from a list of topics. I use it before our units tests to see what I still need to rewiew! Watch your test grades improve. I highly reccomend this fun CD for any nursing student, or anyone considering critical care.

Get a sense of humor

It takes a light look at a serious and stressful job and teaches you at the same time. I did enjoy learning outside my specialty (CCU) as well as refreshing my memory. Not for those who enjoy white pages full of words..geeerrr puts me to sleep better than Ambien. Laugh, learn and enjoy.