Focus on the most important concepts in progressive and critical care nursing with PRIORITIES IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING, 9TH EDITION. Ideal for students, practicing nurses undergoing in-service training for progressive and critical care, and progressive or critical care nurses reviewing for PCCN® or CCRN® certification, this trusted, evidence-based textbook uses the latest, most authoritative research to help you identify patient priorities in order to safely and expertly manage patient care. Succinct coverage of all core progressive and critical care nursing topics includes medications, patient safety, patient education, problem identification, and interprofessional collaborative management. You will learn how to integrate the technology of progressive and critical care with the physiological needs and psychosocial concerns of patients and families to provide the highest-quality care. * NEED-TO-KNOW CONTENT reflects the realities of today’s progressive and critical care environments. * UNIQUE! BALANCED COVERAGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND PSYCHOSOCIAL CONCERNS includes an emphasis on patient care priorities to help you learn to provide the highest-quality nursing care. * CONSISTENT FORMAT features a _Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures_ chapter followed by one or more _Disorders and Therapeutic Management_ chapters for each content area. * STRONG QUALITY AND SAFETY FOCUS throughout includes _Evidence-Based Practice_ boxes that highlight evidence specific to the discussion; _Patient-Centered Care_ boxes that provide recommendations to address patient uniqueness; _Quality Improvement_ boxes describing quality initiatives and implications for practice; _Teamwork and Collaboration_ boxes that provide guidelines for effective handoffs, assessments, and communication between nurses and other hospital staff; _Safety_ boxes that highlight important guidelines and tips to ensure patient safety in critical care settings; and _Informatics_ boxes that provide additional online resources. * _PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT PLANS_ at the end of the book provide a complete care plan for every priority patient problem, including outcome criteria, nursing interventions, and rationales. * _PRIORITY PATIENT AND FAMILY EDUCATION PLAN_ BOXES list priority topics to be taught to the patient and family prior to discharge.