Cases

Assessment of Progressive Care Patients and Their Families

• 1 Prearrival Assessment

Planning Care for Progressive Care Patients and Their Families

• 4 Preparing for Transport
• 3 Risk Factors During Transport
• 2 Synergy between Patient Characteristics and Nurse Competencies

Interpretation and Management of Basic Cardiac Rhythms (Progressive Care)

• 5 Atrial Dysrhythmia and Cardioversion
• 6 Heart Block and Epicardial Pacemaker

Hemodynamic Monitoring (Progressive Care)

• 9 Ambulatory PA Pressure Monitoring
• 8 Decreased Afterload
• 7 Hypovolemia

Airway and Ventilatory Management (Progressive Care)

• 11 Long-Term Weaning
• 10 Respiratory Failure-Asthma

Pain and Sedation Management

• 14 Moderate (Procedural) Sedation
• 12 Pain Management Using an Epidural Catheter
• 13 The Addicted Patient

Pharmacology (Progressive Care)

• 15 Tips for Calculating IV Medication Infusion Rates

Ethical and Legal Considerations (Progressive Care)

• 17 Applying Different Approaches to Ethical Problems
• 18 Applying the Process
• 16 Diagnosing Moral Distress
• 20 The Impact of the Environment
• 19 The Patient's Wishes

Cardiovascular System (Progressive Care)

• 22 Heart Failure
• 23 Shock Following AMI
• 24 Thinking Critically
• 21 Unstable Angina

Respiratory System (Progressive Care)

• 27 COPD Exacerbation
• 25 Motor Vehicle Accident
• 26 Postanesthesia

Neurological System

• 30 Acute Ischemic Stroke
• 31 Seizures

Hematologic and Immune Systems (Progressive Care)

• 32 Chronic Immunosuppression

Gastrointestinal System (Progressive Care)

• 34 Liver Failure
• 33 Upper GI Bleeding

Renal System (Progressive Care)

• 35 Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Endocrine System (Progressive Care)

• 36 Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• 37 Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State

Trauma (Progressive Care)

• 38 Cardiac Tamponade

Advanced ECG Concepts (Progressive Care)

• 39 Acute MI
• 40 Patient With Syncope

Advanced Cardiovascular Concepts (Progressive Care)

• 45 Aortic Aneurysm
• 46 Cardiac Transplant
• 41 Cardiomyopathy Case 1
• 42 Cardiomyopathy Case 2
• 43 Heart Valve Disorder
• 44 Pericarditis
• 47 Thinking Critically

Advanced Neurologic Concepts (Progressive Care)

• 49 Acute Spinal Cord Injury
• 48 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage