Caring for the critically ill patient --Ethical and legal issues - Patient and family education -- Psychosocial alterations -- Nutritional alterations -- Gerontological alterations -- Pain and pain management -- Sedation and delirium management -- End-of-life care -- Cardiovascular clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Cardiovascular therapeutic management -- Pulmonary clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Pulmonary disorders -- Pulmonary therapeutic management -- Neurological clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Neurologic disorders and therapeutic management -- Kidney clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Kidney disorders and therapeutic management -- Gastrointestinal clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures Gastrointestinal disorders and therapeutic management -- Endocrine clinical assessment and diagnostic procedures -- Endocrine disorders and therapeutic management -- Trauma -- Burns -- Shock, sepsis, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Hematologic disorders and oncologic emergencies

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