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Morton Fontaine
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,Chapters 1 - 56
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,Table of Contents
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Part 1 The ConceptofHolism Applied to CriticalCareNursing Practice
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Chapter 1. CriticalCare Nursing Practice:Promoting Excellence ThroughCaring, Collaboration, and Evidence
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Chapter 2. The Patient’sExperience With Critical Illness
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Chapter 3. The Family’sExperience With Critical Illness
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Chapter 4. Patient and Family Education in Critical Care
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Chapter 5. RelievingPain and Providing Comfort
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Chapter 6.Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues in Critical Care
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Part 2 ProfessionalPracticeIssuesin CriticalCare
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Chapter 7. Ethical Issues in Critical Care Nursing
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Chapter 8. Legal Issuesin Critical Care Nursing
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Chapter 9. Buildinga Professional Practice Model for Excellence in Critical Care Nursing
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Part 3 SpecialPopulations in Critical Care
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Chapter 10. The Critically Ill Pediatric Patient
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Chapter 11. The Critically Ill Pregnant Woman
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Chapter 12. The Critically Ill OlderPatient
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Chapter 13. ThePostanesthesia Patient
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Part 4 SpecialSituationsin CriticalCare
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Chapter 14. Rapid Response Teams and Transport of the Critically Ill Patient
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Chapter 15. Disaster Management: Implications forthe Critical Care Nurse
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Part 5 Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 16.Anatomy and Physiology of the Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 17. PatientAssessment: Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 18. Patient Management: Cardiovascular System
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Chapter 19. Common Cardiovascular Disorders
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Chapter 20. Heart Failure
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Chapter 21. Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Chapter 22. Cardiac Surgery
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Part6 RespiratorySystem
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Chapter 23.Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System
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Chapter 24.PatientAssessment: Respiratory System
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, Chapter 25. PatientManagement: Respiratory System
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Chapter 26. Common Respiratory Disorders
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Chapter 27. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Part 7 Renal System
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Chapter 28. Anatomy and Physiology of the Renal System
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Chapter 29. PatientAssessment: Renal System
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Chapter 30. Patient Management: Renal System
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Chapter 31.AcuteKidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
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Part 8 Nervous System
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Chapter 32.Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System
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Chapter 33. Patient Assessment: Nervous System
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Chapter 34. Patient Management: Nervous System
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Chapter35. Common Neurosurgical and Neurological Disorders
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Chapter 36. Traumatic Brain Injury
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Chapter 37. Spinal Cord Injury
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Part 9GastrointestinalSystem
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Chapter 38.Anatomy and Physiology of the Gastrointestinal System
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Chapter 39.PatientAssessment: Gastrointestinal System
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Chapter 40.PatientManagement: Gastrointestinal System
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Chapter 41. Common Gastrointestinal Disorders
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Part 10 EndocrineSystem
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Chapter 42.Anatomy and Physiology of the Endocrine System
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Chapter 43.Patient Assessment: Endocrine System
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Chapter 44. Common Endocrine Disorders
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Part 11Hematological and Immune Systems
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Chapter 45.Anatomy and Physiology of the Hematological and Immune Systems
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Chapter 46. Patient Assessment:Hematological and ImmuneSystems
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Chapter 47. Organ andHematopoietic Stem CellTransplantation
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Chapter 48. Common Immunological Disorders
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Chapter 49. Common Hematological Disorders
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Part 12 Integumentary System
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