PRINCIPLES OF CRITICAL CARE NURSING: Hemodynamics, Ventilation and Multi-Organ Support

By: Dr. Jamel McGlynn

Master the ICU concepts that turn bedside data into clearer clinical reasoning.

Critical Care Nursing: Hemodynamics, Ventilation and Multi-Organ Support is a detailed educational reference for nurses, students, and clinical educators who want a stronger command of adult intensive care practice. Built around the connected realities of pressure, flow, gas exchange, shock, mechanical respiratory support, sepsis, renal replacement therapy, neurological monitoring, coagulopathy, and nutrition, this textbook helps you understand what ICU numbers mean and how they fit into the whole patient picture.

This book is especially useful when you need one organized resource that connects physiology with bedside assessment. Instead of treating cardiovascular support, respiratory support, and organ dysfunction as separate subjects, it shows how they influence one another during unstable illness and prolonged ICU recovery.Interpret hemodynamic values, arterial lines, pressure waveforms, and oxygen delivery concepts with more confidence.Connect respiratory physiology, blood gas interpretation, oxygen therapy, and mechanical support principles.Strengthen your understanding of shock states, vasoactive medications, acute heart failure, and arrhythmia care.Review sepsis, acute kidney injury, renal replacement therapy, neurological monitoring, transfusion issues, and multi-system complications.Apply structured nursing priorities, safety bundles, communication frameworks, and ethical decision-making at the bedside.Use physiology-based explanations to support study, orientation, teaching, and professional development.Written in a clear, advanced clinical style, this book is designed for readers who need more than a surface-level overview. It supports deeper learning by explaining why interventions matter, how monitoring data should be interpreted, and how organ systems interact during critical illness. The structure also makes it practical for chapter-by-chapter review, classroom teaching, and focused preparation before advanced clinical discussions.

Use this textbook as a structured study companion, orientation reference, or professional refresher as you build stronger ICU knowledge and safer clinical reasoning. Educational use only; it does not replace institutional protocols, licensed supervision, or clinical judgment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H27YM1MB
• ISBN13: 9798197433404
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.1" x 8.5"