Aacn's Clinical Reference for Critical-Care Nursing Book

Pt. I	Important Concepts
1	Concepts of Monitoring and Surveillance	3
2	Maintaining Nutrition	39
3	Pain, Analgesia, and Sedation	61
4	Sleep	89
5	Thermal Balance	99
6	Fluid and Electrolyte Homeostasis	113
7	Promoting Acid-Base Balance	135
8	Patient and Family Responses to the Critical Care Environment	145
9	Elder Responses	163
10	Alternative/Complimentary Therapies	175
11	Post-Resuscitation Care	199
12	Ethics and Advocacy in Critical Care Nursing	219
13	Promoting Wound Healing	237
Pt. II	Cardiovascular System
14	Cardiovascular Clinical Physiology	249
15	Cardiovascular Patient Assessment	277
16	Ischemic Heart Disease	319
17	Cardiovascular Surgery	383
18	Heart Failure	429
19	Life-Threatening Dysrhythmias	461
Pt. III	Pulmonary System
20	Pulmonary Clinical Physiology	491
21	Pulmonary Patient Assessment	517
22	Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	529
23	Acute Respiratory Failure	565
24	Thoracic Surgery	587
25	Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning	607
Pt. IV	Neurological System
26	Neurological Clinical Physiology	637
27	Neurological Patient Assessment	663
28	Intracranial Disorders	685
29	Sensory and Motor Disorders	711
30	Neurovascular Disease	733
Pt. V	Renal System
31	Renal Clinical Physiology	769
32	Renal Patient Assessment	785
33	Acute Renal Failure	797
Pt. VI	Endocrine System
34	Endocrine Clinical Physiology	823
35	Endocrine Patient Assessment	837
36	Endocrine Disorders	849
Pt. VII	Hematology System
37	Hematological Clinical Physiology	875
38	Hematological Patient Assessment	887
39	Hematology Disorders	897
Pt. VIII	Immunological System
40	Immunological Clinical Physiology	917
41	Immunological Patient Assessment	935
42	Immunological Disorders	947
Pt. IX	Gastrointestinal System
43	Gastrointestinal Clinical Physiology	981
44	Gastrointestinal Patient Assessment	1003
45	Gastrointestinal Disorders	1015
Pt. X	Integumentary System
46	Integumentary Clinical Physiology	1055
47	Integumentary Patient Assessment	1061
48	Integumentary Disorders	1065
Pt. XI	Special Patient Care Issues or Problems
49	Trauma	1091
50	Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome	1125
51	Shock	1151
52	Solid Organ Transplantation	1181
53	Chemical Dependency	1203
54	Critical Care of the Obstetrical Patient	1219
App. A	An Ethic of Care	1243
App. B	American Nurses' Association Code for Nurses	1245
App. C	Role of the Critical Care Nurse as Patient Advocate	1247
App. D	American Nurses' Association Position Statement on Nursing and the Patient Self-Determination Act	1249
App. E	American Nurses' Association Position Statement on Nursing Care and Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders	1251
App. F	Withholding and/or Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment	1253
App. G	American Nurses' Association Position Statement on Foregoing Artificial Nutrition and Hydration	1255
App. H	American Nurses' Association Position Statement on Promotion of Comfort and Relief in Dying Patients	1257