Critical Care in Nursing

These notes go over congenital and birth defects of the heart and scrape the surface of Heart failure in infants-adolescents.

This lecture goes into each AV block and has mneumonics to help you remember! This also goes into pathophysiology of what's happening as well as what to expect to see from a nursing standpoint.

Describes the different aneurysms within the body, pathophysiological proccesses, and how to treat them. This lecture also covers DIC as a disorder process, how to fix it, and what meds to give.

This goes through the nursing care of patients on mechanical ventilators, what could go wrong, and how to deal with certain adverse events due to being on the vent.

Provides an in-depth synopsis of TBIs in adults, the different types, their presentations, and how to deal with each as a nurse.

Synapsis of both upper and lower gastrointestinal tract disorders. Goes into diagnostic studies, medical terminology, signs and symptoms of each, as well as nursing interventions.

This lecture thoroughly describes the pathophysiology behind the 2 different types of respiratory failure to better help you understand the treatment of each. It goes in depth into the clinical manifestation as well as respiratory therapy & medical management that the nurse can carry out.

Throroughly describes the causes, signs and symptoms, and nursing management (both pharmacological & nonpharmacological) of ACS.

Goes through the classifcations of burns, the rule of nines, as well as how to care for burn patients.

Goes in depth about several different issues that can occur within the upper and lower GI tract as well as the liver, pancreas, and biliary dysfunctions.

Describes the different areas of spinal cord injury and the manifestations of multiple types of incomplete injuries (what they entail).

Describes the different types & stages of shock and what each affects, and how sepsis can affect various organs leading to MODS.

Goes over the different neuromuscular diseases in childhood, such as Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, muscular dystrophies, etc.

Discusses childhood issues in the brain and spinal cord and what these issues can lead to; how to manage them as the nurse.