Cases

Assessment of Critically Ill Patients and Their Families

• 1 Prearrival Assessment

Planning Care for Critically Ill 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 (Critical Care)

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

Hemodynamic Monitoring (Critical Care)

• 10 Ambulatory PA Pressure Monitoring
• 7 High SVR
• 9 Hypovolemia
• 14 Hypovolemia
• 12 Inotropic Therapy
• 11 Left Ventricular Dysfunction
• 15 Low SVR
• 13 Preload Reduction
• 8 SVO2

Airway and Ventilatory Management (Critical Care)

• 17 Long-Term Weaning
• 16 Respiratory Failure-Asthma

Pain, Sedation, and Neuromuscular Blockade Management

• 18 Pain Management Using an Epidural Catheter
• 20 Sedation and Neuromuscular Blockade
• 19 The Addicted Patient

Pharmacology (Critical Care)

• 21 Tips for Calculating IV Medication Infusion Rates

Ethical and Legal Considerations (Critical Care)

• 26 “The Impact of the Environment”
• 23 Applying Different Approaches to Ethical Problems
• 24 Applying the Process
• 22 Diagnosing Moral Distress
• 25 The Patient’s Wishes

Cardiovascular System (Critical Care)

• 28 Heart Failure
• 29 Shock Following AMI
• 30 Thinking Critically
• 27 Unstable Angina

Respiratory System (Critical Care)

• 33 Mechanical Ventilation
• 31 Motor Vehicle Accident
• 32 Postanesthesia

Multisystem Problems (Critical Care)

• 35 Alcohol Overdose
• 34 Sepsis

Neurologic System

• 36 Acute Ischemic Stroke
• 37 Status Epilepticus

Hematologic and Immune Systems (Critical Care)

• 38 Sepsis and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Gastrointestinal System (Critical Care)

• 40 Liver Failure
• 39 Upper GI Bleeding

Renal System (Critical Care)

• 41 Acute Kidney Injury
• 42 Dialysis: Thinking Critically

Endocrine System (Critical Care)

• 43 Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• 44 Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State

Trauma (Critical Care)

• 45 Cardiac Tamponade

Advanced ECG Concepts (Critical Care)

• 46 Acute MI
• 47 Patient With Syncope

Advanced Cardiovascular Concepts (Critical Care)

• 52 Aortic Aneurysm
• 53 Cardiac Transplant
• 48 Cardiomyopathy–Case 1
• 49 Cardiomyopathy–Case 2
• 50 Heart Valve Disorder
• 51 Pericarditis
• 54 Thinking Critically

Advanced Neurologic Concepts (Critical Care)

• 59 Acute Spinal Cord Injury
• 57 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
• 58 Traumatic Brain Injury

Advanced Respiratory Concepts - Modes of Ventilation

• 56 Pressure Controlled/Inverse Ratio Ventilation and Airway Pressure Release Ventilation
• 55 Volume Support and Pressure-Regulated Volume Control