Cardiac surgery essentials for critical care nursing / 
editors, Sonya R. Hardin, Roberta Kaplow 
 - Sudbury, Mass :  Jones and Bartlett Publishers,  2010. 
 - x, 462 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Clinical judgment in critical care / Susan K. Chase -- Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology / Susan K. Chase -- Indications for cardiac surgery / Kristine J. Peterson -- Preoperative cardiac surgery nursing evaluation / Roberta Kaplow ... [et al.] -- Heart valve surgery / Catherine Drumm and Kristine J. Peterson -- Minimally invasive cardiac surgery / Jenniffer Hughes and Kirsten Platt -- Cardiopulmonary bypass and off-pump coronary artery bypass / Julie Miller -- Recovery from anesthesia / Toni Patrice Johnson -- Hemodynamic monitoring / Mary Zellinger -- Intra-aortic balloon pump / Barbara Hutton-Borghardt -- Mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery / Mary Jane Bowles -- Pharmacological support following cardiac surgery / Timothy E. McMurry, Roberta Kaplow, and Sonya R. Hardin -- Postoperative complications of cardiac surgery and nursing interventions / Beverly Jones -- Pain management / Susan Lynch -- Postoperative dysrhythmias / Roberta Kaplow and Dawn B. Adams -- Neurological complications / Myra F. Ellis -- Fluid and electrolyte imbalances following cardiac surgery / Carol Isaac MacKusick -- Wound care / Mary Zellinger and Vicki Morelock -- Bridge to transplant and cardiac <br/> .transplantation / Rachel S. Ball ... [et al.] 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780763757625 0763757624 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Heart--Surgery--Nursing.<br/>Heart Diseases--nursing<br/>Cardiac Surgical Procedures--nursing.<br/>Critical Care--methods.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>617.4120231  / CAS