Critical care nursing / Leanne Aitken, Andrea Marshall, and Wendy Chaboyer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Scope of critical care practice -- Systems and resources -- Quality and safety -- Ethical issues in critical care -- Essential nursing care of the critically ill patient -- Patient comfort and psychological care -- Family and cultural care of the critically ill patient -- Recovery and rehabilitation -- Cardiovascular assessment and monitoring -- Cardiovascular alterations and management -- Cardiac rhythm assessment and management -- Cardiac surgery and transplantation -- Respiratory assessment and monitoring -- Respiratory alterations and management -- Ventilation and oxygenation management -- Neurological assessment and monitoring -- Neurological alterations and management -- Support of renal function -- Nutrition assessment and therapeutic management -- Gastrointestinal, metabolic and liver alterations -- Pathophysiology and management of shock -- Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Emergency presentations -- Trauma management -- Resuscitation -- Postanaesthesia recovery -- Paediatric considerations in critical care -- Pregnancy and postpartum considerations -- Organ donation.