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Preface

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Entering the world of critical care nursing is an interesting, exciting time for
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nurses who are making this decision. It is a journey that can produce anxiety
and tension. Fear not and become demystified!
This book has been developed to lessen one’s stress level easing the transi-
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smooth, seamless, comfortable, and less of a mystery to those who pursue this
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Critical Care Nursing Demystified serves as a guide to professional nurses
who are considering a switch from their current field of nursing to that of
critical care. It is also a helpful reference source to student nurses who are en-
tering their upper level education courses and to those nurse educators seeking
to clarify, simplify, and reduce the torment of presenting complicated and dif-
ficult critical care concepts.
This book is designed to be user-friendly featuring organized chapters that
focus on:
lesson objectives and key terms that the nurse will use
brief overviews of basic anatomy and physiology of target organ systems
vignettes of actual nursing situations which substantiate true life-learning
experiences encountered in the workplace
detailed health assessments using the body systems approach
diagnostic studies utilized to confirm an illness
common critical procedures performed
current medications used in the treatment of the critical care patient
implementation of the nursing process to identify and solve problems
concerning patients
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