Name: Practice Guidelines for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners By Thomas Wesson Barkley
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Practice Guidelines for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners by Thomas Wesson Barkley

This book is a comprehensive, easy-access clinical reference for acute care nurse practitioners and other clinicians in acute care. It features guidelines for managing over 230 of the most common conditions experienced by adult patients in acute care. Using an outline format, the coverage of each condition includes an overview with defining terms, incidence/predisposing factors, subjective and physical exam findings, diagnostic tests, and management strategies.

UNIT 1: MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS . Cerebrovascular Accidents . Structural Abnormalities . Neurologic Trauma . Peripheral Neuropathies . Central Nervous System Disorders . Seizure Disorders . Dementia . UNIT II: MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS . Cardiovascular Assessment . Hypertension . Coronary Artery Disease . Angina/Myocardial Infarction . Adjunct Equipment/Devices . Peripheral Vascular Disease . Inflammatory Cardiac Diseases . Congestive Heart Failure . Valvular Disease . Cardiomyopathy . Ectopy and Dysrhythmia Emergencies . UNIT III: MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY DISORDERS . Diagnostic Concepts of Oxygenation and Ventilation . Measures of Oxygenation and Ventilation . The Chest X-Ray . Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Disorders . Pulmonary Function Testing . Obstructive (Ventilatory) Lung Diseases . Restrictive (Inflammatory) Lung Diseases and Congestive Heart . Pathophysiologically Directed Therapy . Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vascular Disorders . Chest Wall and Secondary Pleural Disorders . Respiratory Failure . Pneumothorax . Lower Respiratory Tract Pathogens . Obstructive Sleep Apnea . Oxygen Supplementation . Mechanical Ventilatory Support . UNIT IV: MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS . Peptic Ulcer Disease . Liver Disease . Biliary Dysfunction . Inflammatory Gastrointestinal Conditions . Anatomical Intestinal Disorders . Gastrointestinal Bleeding . UNIT V: MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH GENITOURINARY DISORDERS . Urinary Tract Infection . Renal Insufficiency/Failure . Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy . Renal Arterial Stenosis . Nephrolithiasis . UNIT VI: MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ENDOCRINE DISORDERS . Diabetes Mellitus . Diabetic Emergencies . Thyroid Disease . Adrenal Crisis . Cushing's Syndrome . Pheochromocytoma . Syndrome of Inappropriate . Antidiuretic Hormone . Diabetes Insipidus . Steroid Management . UNIT VII: MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS . Arthritis . Dislocation/Subluxation . Soft Tissue Injury . Fractures . Compartment Syndrome . Back Pain Syndromes . UNIT VIII: MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS . Anemias . Sickle Cell Disease/Crisis . Coagulopathies . UNIT IX: MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ONCOLOGIC DISORDERS . Leukemias . Lymphoma . Other Common Cancers . UNIT X: MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH IMMUNOLOGIC DISORDERS . HIV/AIDS and Opportunistic Infections . Autoimmune Diseases . UNIT XI: MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS . Integumentary Disorders . Ectopic Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases . Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders . Headache . UNIT XII: COMMON PROBLEMS IN ACUTE CARE . Fever . Pain . Psychosocial Problems . Shock States . Nutritional Considerations . Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances . Poisoning and Drug Toxicities . Wound Management . Infection . Chest, Abdominal and Eye . Managing the Surgical Patient . UNIT XIII: HEALTH PROMOTION . Guidelines for Health Promotion and Screening . Major Causes of Mortality in the United States . Immunization Recommendations

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CIN0721685366VG

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9780721685366

ISBN 10

0721685366

Title

Practice Guidelines for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners by Thomas Wesson Barkley

Author

Thomas Wesson Barkley

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Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Year published

20010722

Number of pages

736

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Practice Guidelines for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners Thomas Wesson Barkley

Practice Guidelines for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners by Thomas Wesson Barkley

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