Cardiac Surgery Essentials for Critical Care Nursing

by Sonya R. Hardin, Roberta Kaplow

Cardiac Surgery Essentials for Critical Care Nursing is a comprehensive reference that provides a foundation for all cardiac nurses. It is designed to prepare the nurse who is first learning to care for patients undergoing cardiac surgery. It addresses significant changes in cardiac surgery and the nursing responsibilities to meet the needs of these acutely ill patients. Second, the book provides advanced knowledge and a scientific basis for nurses who have mastered the essential knowledge and skills necessary to care for this patient population who now seek more in-depth knowledge base about advances in this dynamic field and strategies to optimize patient outcomes. The emphasis throughout the book is providing an evidence-based foundation for care of the patient during the vulnerable period immediately following cardiac surgery. It also serves as a study aid for those readers preparing for the AACN's Cardiac Surgery Certification. The book features critical thinking questions, multiple choice self assessment questions, web resources, clinical inquiry boxes, and case studies.

The Perfect Study Tool for the AACN Cardiac Surgery Certification!

462 pages, Paperback

First published May 8, 2009

Reviews

[Katherine Hickey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Please allow me to be vulnerable for a second here on good reads about my textbook (yes I am a nerd and yes I think I am emotionally attached to this book)

As I turned the last page of this book today, I couldn’t help but reflect on this past 1.5 years on night shift in my first nursing job. I remember turning the first page of this book after my first day of orientation of my job. Every word was foreign to me. This book has made the nurse I am today. There were nights when I was quickly humbled and turned back to this book to equip myself .There were slow nights at 3am when I would have nothing else to do but to read page after page trying to make it to 7am. When I stepped into the new role of training people I would turn to this book, send pictures, and quotes to my interns. I read this book and think of certain patients and what their clinical manifestations, hemodynamics, families, stories and outcomes were. I think about how fortunate I am to be able to see and learn the intricate details of the Heart our Creator has designed. Cardiac Surgery Essentials for Critical Care Nursing 3rd Edition…. You mean a lot to me and I’ll forever turn back to you in the good and hard times🥹

Quotes i wrote down in my phone for my interns and my intern self in my notes

“The ejection fraction is the percentage of volume of the left ventricle that is ejected with each contraction, normal ranges include 65% to 70%”

“Muromonab-CD3 is a murine monoclonal antibody that binds to the CD3 site on the T lymphocytes, this activates and eliminates nearly all T cells for peripheral circulation”

“Protamine Sulfate is administered as a reversal agent for heparin, if given too rapidly sever hypotension and anaphylactic reactions may result”

[Essa · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book has plenty of information and very detailed; however, the test questions have poor rationale and some of the answers have mistakes, which makes me wonder if this book had a good peer review.