Preface Acknowledgements Section I: Foundational Issues in Critical Care Nursing Chapter 1. The Critical Care Environment Chapter 2. The Electronic Medical Record and Documentation Chapter 3. Specialty Certification Chapter 4. Nurse Self Care and Wellness Section II: Critical Care by Body System Chapter 5. Neurological Critical Care Chapter 6. Respiratory Critical Care Chapter 7. Cardiovascular Critical Care Chapter 8. Shock and Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome Chapter 9. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Chapter 10. Gastrointestinal Critical Care Chapter 11. Endocrine Critical Care Chapter 12. Renal Critical Care Chapter 13. Trauma Critical Care Chapter 14. Transplant Critical Care Chapter 15. Burn and Integument Critical Care Chapter 16. COVID-19 Critical Care Section III: Patient- and Family-Centered Care Chapter 17. Withdrawal of Treatment and Terminal Extubation Chapter 18. Palliative Care in the ICU Chapter 19. Organ Donation Appendix A - Lab Values Appendix B - Hemodynamic Parameters Appendix C - Common Critical Care Intravenous Medications Appendix D - Basic EKG Rhythm Examples Appendix E - Respiratory and Ventilator Terminology Appendix F - Abbreviations