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CRITICAL CARE NURSING: A Holistic Approach, 8th Edition
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Sample Pages
New Features Integrate Seamlessly with Established Tools
Throughout the Eighth Edition

Click on the thumbnails below to open sample pages in Adobe Acrobat format.


New Full Color Art New Full Color Art clearly illustrates Anatomy and Physiology.

Nursing Intervention Guides

Nursing Intervention Guides summarize key nursing interventions for selected conditions.


Red Flag Boxes

Red Flag Boxes call the reader's attention to evidence of a patient's worsening condition, or factors that place a patient at risk.


Nursing Diagnoses Nursing Diagnoses and Collaborative Problems Boxes list key nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems for selected conditions.

Drug Therapy Tables

Drug Therapy Tables summarize information about drugs used to treat selected conditions.


Patient Consideration Boxes Patient Consideration Boxes highlight the special needs of different patient populations.

Discharge Planning Discharge Planning guides outline what the nurse needs to consider when preparing a patient for discharge from the hospital.

Insights into Clinical Research Boxes

Insights into Clinical Research Boxes provide the most up-to-date evidence for best practices.


Case Studies

Case Studies from actual patients in critical care help students "witness" the progression of a typical patient scenario.


Clinical Applicability Challenges

Clinical Applicability Challenges at the end of every chapter include: Critical Thinking exercises (short-answer exercises) and Study Questions (multiple-choice questions) with answers and rationales in the appendix.


Collaborative Care Guides

Collaborative Care Guides describe how the healthcare team works together to manage a person's condition and minimize complications. Information is presented in an "outcomes/interventions" format.


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