Sole's Introduction to Critical Care Nursing - Softcover

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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 and effective patient care. It also offers excellent preparation for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination. 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® certification. Evidence-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 care. Disorders 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 plans. Practical 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 nursing. Critical Judgment Activities are included throughout the text, promoting development of clinical nursing judgment to help you prepare for the NGN and for clinical practice. Clinical Alerts highlight concerns, significance, and procedures to help you understand potential problems in critical and progressive care settings. Hundreds 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 nursing. Evolve website includes Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Examination-style case studies, application-level questions, and much more. NEW! 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.

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