Overview
Real-world nursing care for your critically ill patients, right at your fingertips! Delmar's Critical Care Nursing Care Plans, Second Edition, provides detailed information for nurses who care for patients in the critical care unit. All the information needed to develop specific and effective nursing care plans for the most commonly seen disorders is included. Each care plan presents information to guide users in developing comprehensive, individualized nursing care plans based on solid, scientific understanding of the condition and how it affects each of the patient's body systems. Care plans solicit specific patient data and prompt the user to individualize the interventions, consider cultural relevance, and evaluate the patient's individual responses.
Synopsis
Arranged by body system, 56 care plans for conditions often seen in the critical care unit list medical care, nursing diagnoses, outcome criteria, and suggested interventions. Originally published as Critical Care Nursing Plans in 1998; the second edition reflects current NANDA taxonomy and adds an introductory chapter on customizing care plans for the individual patient. The CD-ROM contains the care plans in electronic format. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Reviewer:Marguerite Littleton Kearney, DNSc, FAAN(Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing)
Description:The first edition of this text was published in 1998. Structured according to NANDA's taxonomy of nursing diagnosis, the overall aim of the text is to assist the practicing critical care nurse to design a individualized plan of care. The chapters are organized according to body systems and provide information regarding standard medical care, appropriate nursing diagnoses with outcome criteria, interventions and rationale for the interventions.
Purpose:According to the author, the purpose of this book is to facilitate the care planning process for nurses working with critically ill patients. Standardized care plans are provided, but the author emphasizes that the care plans are intended to serve as a framework for the generation of an individualized plan of care that reflects current medical and nursing management modalities. This is a valuable reference book for all critical care units and for nurses practicing in critical care areas. The arrangement of the book makes it easy to use. Because many critically ill patients have multiple problems, the cross referencing between chapters is very helpful. This book nicely meets the author's stated objectives.
Audience:According to the author, the book is geared for the nurse working in critical care areas. This is an appropriate level with sufficient depth for most practicing nurses. In general, the level would not be appropriate for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners since only a small portion of the text deals with medical and pharmacologic management issues. This is the second edition for this author, and she appears well qualified to write on this subject matter. Furthermore, she has selected 3 reviewers who are well-qualified to comment on the content of the text.
Features:The author uses a comprehensive organ systems approach to organize the units. The units are subdivided into chapters, where common disease states and some treatment modalities are thoroughly addressed. In the final section extensive care plans for patients with multiple problems that do not fit comfortably under the organ system arrangement are provided. In this unit multiple system organ dysfunction syndrome, systemic inflammatory response, transplants and poisoning are addressed. It is notable that in the section the author includes care plans for the patient with epidural analgesia and neuromuscular blockade. These are common treatment modalities for patients in the ICU, but not often addressed separately in other texts. The author has included 4 nice appendices that provide the NANDA list of nursing diagnoses, nursing outcomes and intervention classifications, as well as common abbreviations. A CD-ROM is included to facilitate access and learning. One of the best features of the text is the outline format used to convey not only important interventions, but the rationale for the interventions. It facilitates the ease of use. Included at the end of each chapter are clear flow charts to depict specific pathophysiologic processes of diseases addressed in the care plans. These are superb aids to help develop an in-depth understanding of specific disease/syndrome progression and to provide the nurse with information that may impact further treatment plans. One shortcoming is the relative lack of periodicals used to reference the chapters in the book.
Assessment:Personally, I think this is an excellent text with broad applicability. It is the kind of book that should be in every intensive care unit. The standardized care plans are thorough, easy to use, and can be used as the underpinnings for the generation of specific, individualized care planning. I am not very familiar with other recent books on care plans for ICU nurses. However, I like the format of this book. It is easy to use, the interventions are comprehensive and nicely paired with brief rationale for the specific intervention. As a critical care nurse, I am always interested in the why's of treatment and of the disease process. This books provides that information in a concise manner. I particularly liked the flow charts for disease pathophysiology at the end of each chapter. The authors have nicely updated this second edition and have used the NANDA 2003 list of nursing diagnoses.
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Reviewer: Marguerite Littleton Kearney, DNSc, FAAN(Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing)Description: The first edition of this text was published in 1998. Structured according to NANDA's taxonomy of nursing diagnosis, the overall aim of the text is to assist the practicing critical care nurse to design a individualized plan of care. The chapters are organized according to body systems and provide information regarding standard medical care, appropriate nursing diagnoses with outcome criteria, interventions and rationale for the interventions.
Purpose: According to the author, the purpose of this book is to facilitate the care planning process for nurses working with critically ill patients. Standardized care plans are provided, but the author emphasizes that the care plans are intended to serve as a framework for the generation of an individualized plan of care that reflects current medical and nursing management modalities. This is a valuable reference book for all critical care units and for nurses practicing in critical care areas. The arrangement of the book makes it easy to use. Because many critically ill patients have multiple problems, the cross referencing between chapters is very helpful. This book nicely meets the author's stated objectives.
Audience: According to the author, the book is geared for the nurse working in critical care areas. This is an appropriate level with sufficient depth for most practicing nurses. In general, the level would not be appropriate for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners since only a small portion of the text deals with medical and pharmacologic management issues. This is the second edition for this author, and she appears well qualified to write on this subject matter. Furthermore, she has selected 3 reviewers who are well-qualified to comment on the content of the text.
Features: "The author uses a comprehensive organ systems approach to organize the units. The units are subdivided into chapters, where common disease states and some treatment modalities are thoroughly addressed. In the final section extensive care plans for patients with multiple problems that do not fit comfortably under the organ system arrangement are provided. In this unit multiple system organ dysfunction syndrome, systemic inflammatory response, transplants and poisoning are addressed. It is notable that in the section the author includes care plans for the patient with epidural analgesia and neuromuscular blockade. These are common treatment modalities for patients in the ICU, but not often addressed separately in other texts. The author has included 4 nice appendices that provide the NANDA list of nursing diagnoses, nursing outcomes and intervention classifications, as well as common abbreviations. A CD-ROM is included to facilitate access and learning. One of the best features of the text is the outline format used to convey not only important interventions, but the rationale for the interventions. It facilitates the ease of use. Included at the end of each chapter are clear flow charts to depict specific pathophysiologic processes of diseases addressed in the care plans. These are superb aids to help develop an in-depth understanding of specific disease/syndrome progression and to provide the nurse with information that may impact further treatment plans. One shortcoming is the relative lack of periodicals used to reference the chapters in the book. "
Assessment: "Personally, I think this is an excellent text with broad applicability. It is the kind of book that should be in every intensive care unit. The standardized care plans are thorough, easy to use, and can be used as the underpinnings for the generation of specific, individualized care planning. I am not very familiar with other recent books on care plans for ICU nurses. However, I like the format of this book. It is easy to use, the interventions are comprehensive and nicely paired with brief rationale for the specific intervention. As a critical care nurse, I am always interested in the why's of treatment and of the disease process. This books provides that information in a concise manner. I particularly liked the flow charts for disease pathophysiology at the end of each chapter. The authors have nicely updated this second edition and have used the NANDA 2003 list of nursing diagnoses. "
3 Stars from Doody