Critical Care Nursing

The Practice Environment: Practice Within the Current Health Care Environment. Ethics in Critical Care. Legal Issues in Critical Care. Occupational Health Hazards in Critical Care. Patient and Family Care: Psychosocial Needs of Critically Ill Patients. Psychosocial Nees of Families of the Critically Ill. Enhancing Communication with Patients and Families. Effects of Sensory Alterations. Effects of Chronic Illnesson the Patient & Family. Preparing Patients & Families for Home Care. Monitoring and Technology: ECG Interpretation. Pacemakers. Hemodynamic Monitoring. Cardiac Assist Devices. Respiratory Monitoring. Mechanical Ventilation: Current & Advance Uses. Intracranial & Cerebral Blood Monitoring. Cardiovascular System: CV Anatomy & Physiology. Coronary Artery Disease. Myocardial Infarcation. Heart Failure. Adults with Congenital Defects. Valvular Disease. Cardiac Surgery. Hypertension. Vascular Emergencies. Pulmonary System: Respiratory Physiology. Acid-Base Physiology. Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Patients with Pulmonary Infections. Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure. ARDS. Chronic Ventilation. Nervous System: Neurophysiology. Head Injury. CVA. Brain Death. SCI. Patients with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Craniotomies. CNS Infections. Renal System: Renal Physiology. Patients with Fluid and Electrolyte Distrubances. Patients with Acute Renal Failure. Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease. Gastrointestinal System: Gastrointestinal Physiology. Nutrition in the Critically Ill. Patients with Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Patients with Liver Dysfunction. Patients Wiht Acute Pancreatis. Endocrine System: Disorders of Glucose Metabolism. Endocrine Dysfunction. Hematologic System: Hematologic Physiology. Patients with Coagulopathies. Immune System: Physiological Response to Infection. Organ Donation. Immunocompromised Patients. HIV & AIDS. Integumentary System: Effects of Immobility in Critically Ill Patients. Wound Healing. Burns. Multisystem Disorders: Trauma. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome. Shock. Pain. Chemical and Drug Overdose. Clinical Situations: Thermoregulation. Preventing Post-Anesthesia Complications. Patients with Obstetric Crises. Patients with Oncologic Emergencies. Biophysical Aspects of Aging. Collaborative Pathways.