"This book is designed for a new graduate or recent graduate transitioning into the critical care environment. Designed as a quick reference of the most common admitting diagnoses in critical care including causes, signs and symptoms and interventions, this text will be used every day"-- Provided by publisher.

Preceded by Fast facts for the critical care nurse / Michele Angell Landrum c2012.

The Critical Care Environment -- The Electronic Medical Record and Documentation -- Specialty Certification for Critical Care Nurses -- Nurse Self Care and Wellness in the ICU -- Neurological Critical Care -- Respiratory Critical Care -- Cardiovascular Critical Care -- Shock and Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome -- Gastrointestinal Critical Care -- Renal Critical Care -- Endocrine Critical Care -- Trauma Critical Care -- Transplant Critical Care -- Burn and Integument Critical Care -- Withdrawal of Treatment and Terminal Extubation -- Palliative Care in the ICU -- Organ Donation.