• PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO HIGH-ACUITY NURSING
  • 1. High-Acuity Nursing
  • 2. Holistic Care of the Patient and Family
  • 3. Palliative and End-of-life Care
  • 4. The Older Adult High-Acuity Patient
  • PART 2: THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT OF THE HIGH-ACUITY PATIENT
  • 5. Acute Pain Management
  • 6. Nutrition Support
  • 7. Mechanical Ventilation
  • 8. Basic Hemodynamic Monitoring
  • 9. Basic Cardiac Rhythm Monitoring
  • 10. Complex Wound Management
  • PART 3: PULMONARY
  • 11. Determinants and Assessment of Pulmonary Function
  • 12. Alterations in Pulmonary Function
  • PART 4: CARDIOVASCULAR
  • 13. Determinants and Assessment of Cardiac Function
  • 14. Alterations in Cardiac Function
  • 15. Alterations in Myocardial Tissue Perfusion
  • PART 5: NEUROLOGIC
  • 16. Determinants and Assessment of Cerebral Function
  • 17. Mentation and Sensory Motor Complications of Acute Illness
  • 18. Acute Stroke Injury
  • 19. Traumatic Brain Injury
  • 20. Acute Spinal Cord Injury
  • PART 6: GASTROINTESTINAL
  • 21. Determinants and Assessment of Gastrointestinal Function
  • 22. Alterations in Gastrointestinal Function
  • 23. Alterations in Liver Function
  • 24. Alterations in Pancreatic Function
  • PART 7: FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES
  • 25. Determinants and Assessment of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
  • 26. Alterations in Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
  • 27. Alterations in Kidney Function
  • PART 8: HEMATOLOGIC
  • 28. Determinants and Assessment of Hematologic Function
  • 29. Alterations in Red Blood Cell Function and Hemostasis
  • 30. Alterations in White Blood Cell Function and Oncologic Emergencies
  • PART 9: NUTRITION AND METABOLISM
  • 31. Determinants and Assessment of Nutrition and Metabolic Function
  • 32. Metabolic Response to Stress
  • 33. Diabetic Crises
  • PART 10: MULTISYSTEM DYSFUNCTION
  • 34. Determinants and Assessment of Oxygenation
  • 35. Multiple Trauma
  • 36. Acute Burn Injury
  • 37. Shock States
  • 38. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
  • 39. Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation