Essential Data Critical Care Nurses Must Know

Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, this go-anywhere handbook features tables and figures that encapsulate all the information required to give safe and effective care to critically ill patients.

Contents include: Critical Care Drug Tables - Normal Values for Laboratory Tests and Physiologic Parameters - Lists of Assessment Components - Cardiac Rhythms: ECG Characteristics and Treatment Guides, Including Sample Rhythm Strips - 12-Lead ECG Changes in Acute Myocardial Ischemia and Infarct - Troubleshooting Guide for Hemodynamic Monitoring Equipment - Indications for Mechanical Ventilation - Weaning Assessment Tool - ACLS Algorithms.