Critical Thinking In Respiratory Care
A practical guide to the clinical decision-making skills essential for effective respiratory care practice across the continuum of health care. Features actual clinical cases for critical analysis, patient assessment, clinical application, decision-making, and discussion. Also addresses managed care, health care costs, ethics, and alternative site care.
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Contemporary and inclusive, Critical Thinking in Respiratory Care features:* Problem-based learning in a variety of real-life clinical cases * Case-based exercises that build skills in patient assessment, critical analysis, therapeutic choice, and knowledge put into action * Systematic strategies for assessing what is known, and what needs to be known and how to make treatment decisions * Real-life clinical cases of AIDS and TB, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, asthma, cystic fibrosis, trauma, myocardial infarction, and many others * Covering conditions that range from the neonatal to the adult * Solid foundation in communication and negotiation skills, ethical and cost considerations, patient education, resource and time management, and other essential skills
ContributorsPrefacePt. IProfessional Skills in Respiratory Care11Introduction to Problem-Based Learning32Critical Thinking in Respiratory Care333Clinical Problem Solving654Communication and Negotiation855Health Care Delivery Systems and Respiratory Therapists Across the Continuum of Care1216Using and Developing Clinical Practice Guidelines, Respiratory Care Protocols, and Critical Pathways1597Patient Assessment and Respiratory Care Plan Development1818Ethical and Cost Considerations2359Patient Education25710Time and Resource Management281Pt. IIPatient Problems in Respiratory Care31311Asthma31512Emma Seema and Friends: Cases Involving COPD34113Cystic Fibrosis36514Acute Pediatric Upper Airway Emergencies39115Obstructive Sleep Apnea41316Pneumonia44517Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Tuberculosis46718Congestive Heart Failure with Pulmonary Edema49719Multiple Trauma with Pulmonary Embolism51920Management of the Pulmonary Patient with Burn Injury55121Neoromuscular Disorders57722Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)61123Respiratory Distress Syndrome of the Neonate651Index671
