Organized by body systems, the procedures covered in this book include arterial line insertion, wound closure, and lumbar puncture. A handy, spiral-bound text that lies flat, this ideal resource offers step-by-step direction for acute care nursing students; it is also a handy on-the-unit reference for new acute care nurse practitioners.

Learn best practices and improve your acute care procedural skills with this expert guidance:

• Each chapter walks you through at least one procedure, with easy-to-follow organization and full-color photos and illustrations that clearly demonstrate each step:
  • Indications for the procedure
  • Absolute and relative contraindications
  • Equipment needed
  • Steps to performing the procedure
  • Potential risks and complications
  • Post-procedural care
• Cardiovascular procedures - central venous catheter placement, transvenous pacing, transcutaneous pacemakers, cardioversion, starting an intraosseous infusion, pulmonary catheter insertion
• Pulmonary procedures - endotracheal intubation, tube thoracostomy (chest tube) placement, needle decompression, removing chest tubes, thoracentesis, bronchoscopy, changing tracheostomy
• Gastrointestinal procedures - paracentesis, inserting small-bore feeding tubes (nasoduodenal and nasogastric)
• Integumentary procedures - administering local anesthetics, sutures and staples, incision and drainage, paronychia, nail hematoma release
• Neurological and musculoskeletal procedures - compartment pressure monitoring, arthrocentesis, negative pressure wound therapy application, cast application
• Hematological procedures - peripheral venipuncture, femoral venipuncture, arterial blood gas
• Evidence-based research bibliographies appear at the end of each chapter
• Reference chapters boost your understanding of interpreting diagnostics and responding to emergencies, with coverage of:
  • 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation,
  • hemodynamic values and parameters,
  • pulmonary function test interpretation,
  • rapid sequence intubation,
  • basics of mechanical ventilation,
  • oxygen therapy,
  • trauma assessment, and
  • responding to a rapid response, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

About the Authors

Anthony Angelow, PhD, MSN, CRNP, ACNP-BC, AGACNP-BC, ACNPC, CEN, is Assistant Clinical Professor, Chair of Advanced Practice Nursing and Co-Chair of the Division of Graduate Nursing College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Dawn M. Specht, MSN, PhD, RN, APN, CEN, CPEN, CCRN, CCNS, AGACNP-BC, is Associate Professor of Nursing at American Sentinel University in Aurora, Colorado.