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High Acuity Nursing

Name: High Acuity Nursing
Author: Pamela Stinson Kidd deceased,Kathleen Dorman Wagner RN MSN CS
ISBN: 9780838537459

by Pamela Stinson Kidd deceased, Kathleen Dorman Wagner RN MSN CS

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Overview

Pamela A. Kidd, RN, Ph.D, CEN
Kathleen Dorman Wagner, RN, MSN, CS, both of University of Kentucky, Lexington

Written by practicing nurses in acute care, High Acuity Nursing, Third Edition gives readers a basic understanding of complex patients and teaches them how to provide nursing care in different situations by using a series of real-world scenarios presented in self-paced, self-contained modules. These modules progress in difficulty and address multiple system problems that nurses frequently encounter in treating high acuity patients. Using a "nuts and bolts" approach, the book addresses essentials by using examples, analogies, and metaphors; focuses on concepts and principles that can be applied across practice settings and patient populations; and includes nursing diagnoses.

FEATURES:

Self-paced, interactive approach is conducive to adult learners and lets readers work at own pace to increase mastery of key concepts and principles.
Reality-based case studies reinforce principles from preceding modules and encourage critical thinking through application while enlivening concepts in a realistic, problem-based format.
Expanded general concepts module now includes organ donation, pain, psychosocial issues, and fluid and electrolytes, presenting the reader with general concept material in one section for easy referencing.
Three new modules - Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in the High Acuity Patient, Acute Hematologic Dysfunction, and Acute Gastrointestinal Dysfunction - offer expanded coverage in key content areas.
Revised module on consciousness (formerly called responsiveness)contains more pathophysiology and fully updated diagnostic tests and drug therapies.
Cerebral dysfunction module addresses abnormalities in cerebral bloodflow and provides readers with both abnormal and normal findings.
Expanded cardiac module includes comprehensive discussion of thrombolytics, non-invasive, and semi-invasive procedures, instructing readers in cutting edge cardiac technology.
Self-testing includes short section quizzes and module pre/post-tests with hundreds of review questions and answers that indicate the location of the topic in the book to facilitate review.

This self-paced reference contains free-standing learning modules on multiple system problems that can be taught in the classroom or used as independent assignments. Each module contains a pretest and post-test with answers, learning objectives, a glossary, abbreviations, and review questions and answers. The modules progress from simple to complex and include nursing diagnoses. Written by practicing nurses in acute care, this important text is a comprehensive explaination of the complexities of today's hospitalized patient.

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Roberta A. Fruth

This second edition text presents chapters containing self-learning modules that organize the content in a traditional fashion using over-riding nursing diagnosis headings with content of physiology, pathophysiology, and nursing management. The reader proceeds in a self-paced fashion through brief content sections followed by short tests. The authors developed this text to teach undergraduate nursing students the care of patients with acute medical problems and high nursing needs. As healthcare evolves, patients with highly acute needs are being cared for in a variety of non-ICU settings and this book is intended to prepare nurses to care for the acute patient in non-ICU settings. The authors present essential physiological information, relevant practice applications, and basic nursing implications to improve nurses' clinical decision-making skills. This text is directed to beginning nurses and as a review text for experienced nurses, community/home health nurses, and as a NCLEX examination review. The beginning nurse may find this text a helpful review of content covered in greater depth in previous course work or study. The authors, primarily faculty members from the University of Kentucky, write in a very succinct, factual fashion. They offer little conceptual development beyond the basic information. Each chapter begins with clear objectives, a pre-test, a useful glossary of terms and abbreviations. The authors offer a post-test at the conclusion of each chapter. Major concepts are well illustrated in the standard fashion. References are included, although references dated after 1995 are rare. This text will be most useful to the inexperienced nurse. The content ispresented at a very basic level with minimal concept development. Some readers will have to seek additional references to understand more complex concepts. Readers will find focused histories and assessments narrowly defined. The overall organization -- brief descriptions/discussions -- presents basic facts but does not stimulate critical thinking or integration of information.

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Reviewer: Roberta A. Fruth, RN, MS, PhD, CCRN (Illinois Masonic Medical Center)
Description: This second edition text presents chapters containing self-learning modules that organize the content in a traditional fashion using over-riding nursing diagnosis headings with content of physiology, pathophysiology, and nursing management. The reader proceeds in a self-paced fashion through brief content sections followed by short tests.
Purpose: The authors developed this text to teach undergraduate nursing students the care of patients with acute medical problems and high nursing needs. As healthcare evolves, patients with highly acute needs are being cared for in a variety of non-ICU settings and this book is intended to prepare nurses to care for the acute patient in non-ICU settings. The authors present essential physiological information, relevant practice applications, and basic nursing implications to improve nurses' clinical decision-making skills.
Audience: This text is directed to beginning nurses and as a review text for experienced nurses, community/home health nurses, and as a NCLEX examination review. The beginning nurse may find this text a helpful review of content covered in greater depth in previous course work or study. The authors, primarily faculty members from the University of Kentucky, write in a very succinct, factual fashion. They offer little conceptual development beyond the basic information.
Features: Each chapter begins with clear objectives, a pre-test, a useful glossary of terms and abbreviations. The authors offer a post-test at the conclusion of each chapter. Major concepts are well illustrated in the standard fashion. References are included, although references dated after 1995 are rare.
Assessment: This text will be most useful to the inexperienced nurse. The content is presented at a very basic level with minimal concept development. Some readers will have to seek additional references to understand more complex concepts. Readers will find focused histories and assessments narrowly defined. The overall organization:brief descriptions/discussions:presents basic facts but does not stimulate critical thinking or integration of information.

2 Stars from Doody