Here’s the essential information you need to know in critical care nursing — all in one concise text! Using a to-the-point, reader friendly approach, Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 5th Edition, provides authoritative, real-world information on the important concepts of critical care nursing and the assessment and technical skills associated with the management of critically ill patients. The latest content on the technology makes it easy to learn and understand how to use the equipment you’ll use in the field. Nursing care chapters are organized according to the nursing process framework, and you’ll find detailed nursing care plans in every management chapter. Case studies and critical thinking questions challenge you to apply what you’ve learned, and user-friendly features throughout the text (updated pharmacology tables, clinical and laboratory alerts, and evidence-based practice boxes) help you bridge the gap between concepts and clinical practice.

这里有危重护理中需要知道的基本信息——所有内容都简化于一本教材中！ 本书第五版要点明确，易于阅读，提供了关于危重护理重要概念、评估以及管理危重护理患者相关的技术要点的权威实践知识。关于最新技术的内容使本书易于学习和理解该如何将这些技术应用于实际。有关护理的章节根据护理过程系统编排，在每个治疗章节中，您将读到护理计划的详细内容。通过案例研究以及思考题将帮助您将所学知识学以致用。并且，教材自始至终采用友好阅读的风格（更新的药理学表格、临床及实验室警示与循症实践框），这有助于您填补基本理论与临床实践之间的空白。

* Nursing Care Plans provide nursing diagnoses, expected patient outcomes, and interventions with rationales to prepare you for clinical practice. * Case Studies challenge you to apply concepts from the book to real-life patient situations to test their critical thinking skills. * Streamlined and updated Pharmacology Tables detail the actions, indications, dosages and routes, and side effects of commonly used critical care drugs. * Clinical Alerts promote optimal patient safety and outcomes by highlighting potential problems and concerns in the clinical setting. * Laboratory Alerts discuss both common and cutting-edge tests and procedures, emphasizing the importance of laboratory test results to critical nursing care. * Critical Thinking Questions in every chapter encourage you to use and reinforce the concepts presented throughout the chapter.

* Now full-color throughout, new, vibrant artwork and anatomical images are in true-to-life color. * A new chapter on end-of-life care covers ethical and legal matters, palliative care, withholding of therapies, and communication issues — all essential concerns confronting today’s critical care nurse. * New features on evidence-based practice, genetics, transplantation, and geriatric considerations offer realistic, easy-to-understand information on some of the most important and rapidly changing topics in critical care today.