Infection Challenges in the Critical Care Unit, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America
In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Editor May M. Riley brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Infection Challenges in the Critical Care Unit. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as Implementing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Pulmonary Infections, Including Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP), Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI), and more.
Key Features
- Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on Infection Challenges in the Critical Care Unit, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
- Contains 8 relevant, practice-oriented topics including Epidemiology of Invasive Fungal Disease; Management of Sepsis; Multidrug-Resistant Candida Species and Candidiasis Infections; Infections in Geriatric Patients; Transmission and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms; and more.
| ISBN | 9780323849111 |
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| Product Format | Ebook |
| Publication Date | 2021 |
| Author Information | Edited by May M. Riley, RN, MSN, MPH, ACNP, CCRN, CIC, FAPIC, AREA DIRECTOR, INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL COVERING FOR HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST Providence St. Joseph Health |
| Table of Content | Implementing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in the Intensive Care Unit by Engaging Critical Care Nurses Pulmonary Infections, Including Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Invasive Fungal Infections Among Immunocompromised Patients in Critical Care Settings: Infection Prevention Risk Mitigation Sepsis Preventing Central Line Blood Stream Infections in Critical Care Patients Enlisting Parents to Decrease Hospital-Acquired Central Line-Associated Infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Evidence-Based Communication with Critically Ill Older Adults TeleICU Interdisciplinary Care Teams |
| Publication Date | 09-11-2021 |
| Pages | 240 |
| deltacomm1code | Electronic Book |
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