- NEW and updated content, photos and graphics that demonstrate nursing skills and responsibilities
- Hundreds of colorful images that guide you through the ins and outs of hemodynamics – detailed photos, diagrams, charts and other visual aids that clarify cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology
- Illustrates vital practice issues, such as how to confirm the lungs are getting enough oxygen, and how well the heart is pumping — explains and reinforces key concepts in easy-to-remember ways
- Explains the fundamentals and current best practices in hemodynamic monitoring in easy-to-retain terms
- Ideal for visual learners –images demonstrate step-by-step, expert guidance on monitoring skills, physiology and devices:
- Understanding cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology
- Understanding a pressure monitoring system
- Vascular access
- Pressure monitoring – arterial, central venous, and pulmonary artery pressure monitoring
- Cardiac output monitoring
- Tissue oxygenation monitoring
- Minimally invasive hemodynamic monitoring
- Circulatory assist devices
- Step-by-step guidance on thermodilution methods, analyzing thermodilution curves, measuring cardiac function and output, maintaining artery catheters, and more
- Ideal on-the-spot reference and review for nursing students and new nurses – addresses the physiology behind each learning objective and provides vital nursing considerations
- Chapter features:
- On the level – defines normal and abnormal pressure readings for different patient conditions
- Q&A – illustrated riddles, diagrams, and questions and answers at the end of each chapter that help you fully integrate new knowledge
- Matchmaker – matching terms and conditions to their correct definition
- Memory board – learning aids and memory cues that help you retain important definitions and processes
- Ride the wave – explains the actions of waveforms, including how to recognize abnormal waveforms
- “Nurse Joy and Jake” – expert insights and encouraging advice
About the Clinical Editor Rose Knapp, DNP, RN, APN-BC, is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, and Associate Graduate Faculty and MSN Program Director/APN Program Coordinator at the Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey
