1

Overview of Critical Care Nursing

2

2

Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience

14

3

Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing

26

4

End-of-Life Care in the Critical Care Unit

37

5

Comfort and Sedation

48

6

Nutritional Support

80

7

Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management

94

8

Hemodynamic Monitoring

140

9

Ventilatory Assistance

170

10

Rapid Response Teams and Code Management

220

11

Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

250

12

Cardiovascular Alterations

289

13

Nervous System Alterations

345

14

Acute Respiratory Failure

400

15

Acute Kidney Injury

432

16

Hematological and Immune Disorders

460

17

Gastrointestinal Alterations

502

18

Endocrine Alterations

543

19

Trauma and Surgical Management

588

20

Burns

614

21

Solid Organ Transplantation

658

Appendix

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Quality and Safety Competencies

679