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Sole's Introduction to Critical Care Nursing
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- **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 1st Place in Critical Care-Emergency Nursing, 2025** **Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles® in Critical Care** Develop the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in critical and progressive care nursing! Sole's Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition is a concise, easy-to-understand guide to safe, effective, and person-centered critical and progressive care nursing. Its evidence-based approach includes realistic case studies and unpacks the concepts, technologies, and skills used in caring for acutely and critically ill patients. Disorders are conveniently organized by body system or special situation. Content has been updated throughout, including new content on COVID-19, expanded tools for the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Exam and clinical judgment, new integration of the 2021 AACN Essentials including a new emphasis on nursing self-care and health equity, and new quick-reference Key Points at the end of each chapter. This concise textbook prepares you for success on the NGN and in your new role as a critical or progressive care nurse.Balance of depth and breadth of critical care nursing content is perfect for students and practicing nurses preparing for critical and progressive care settings, and for CCRN® or PCCN® certificationEvidence-based, need-to-know content covers the concepts, technology, and procedures of critical and progressive care nursing, with an emphasis on patient safety and person-centered careDisorders commonly seen in critical and progressive care settings are conveniently organized by body system or special situation, and nursing management chapters include quick-reference nursing care plansPractical learning aids include true-to-life illustrations, integrated clinical judgment activities, case studies with additional clinical judgment questions, in-text self-check questions, a Universal Collaborative Plan of Care for the Critically Ill Patient, and more.Evidence-Based Practice boxes demonstrate the connection between theory and practice for specific topics, with each box including a problem, its related clinical question and evidence, and implications for nursingCritical Judgment Activities are included throughout the text, promoting development of clinical nursing judgment to help you prepare for the NGN and for clinical practiceClinical Alerts highlight concerns, significance, and procedures to help you understand potential problems in critical and progressive care settingsHundreds of full-color photographs and drawings clarify key concepts and demonstrate equipment in the critical care environment to help you acclimate to the technology of critical and progressive care nursingEvolve website includes Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Examination-style case studies, application-level questions, and much moreNEW! Content on the implications of the global COVID-19 pandemic for critical care nursing includes new content on proning as a standard critical care procedure and expanded coverage of nursing self-care - including new Nursing Self-Care boxes, consistent with the 2021 Future of Nursing report.NEW! Expanded tools for the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Exam includes more coverage of the six cognitive skills of NCSBN's Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, with new use of the cognitive skills along with nursing process terminology, expanded use of clinical judgment terminology, and expanded, newly interactive NGN-style case studies on the Evolve website.NEW! Updated content reflects the latest evidence-based developments as well as national and international guidelines.NEW! Integration of the 2021 AACN Essentials features special emphasis on Clinical Judgment and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, including the use of non-gendered language and illustrations with enhanced diversity.NEW! Key Points bulleted lists reinforce the most important content in each chapter.
- About The Author
- Mary Beth Flynn Makic has more than 30 years of critical care experience in research, evidence-based practice, and clinical education. She is a Professor at the University of Colorado College of Nursing and Program Director for the Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist graduate program. She is also a Research Scientist at a Level I trauma center in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Makic achieved her BSN from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. She completed her Masters of Science at the University of Maryland at Baltimore with a focus on trauma patient populations and the advanced practice role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Her PhD was conferred in 2007 by the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado. She is active locally and nationally in several professional organizations. She recently served on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. She also serves on the editorial board of several critical care journals, has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, and is a successor co-author of two Elsevier books on nursing diagnosis. Dr. Makic is well known for her passion for improving patient outcomes and nursing practice through evidence-based practice.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780443110368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Elsevier, (03 September 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 672
- Weight
- 1320 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 278 x 24 mm
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