"This practical and common-sense approach is an excellent companion to the care you provide to your patient." -- Grace H. Bryan President, Association of Neurosurgical Physician Assistants [From the Foreword] This pocket-sized guide distills complicated neurological conditions to deliver the essentials of best care for the neurocritical patient. Often missing from acute care courses, neurocritical care is a growing field, with more patients than ever admitted to the ICU for neurocritical conditions. This specialty requires specificity and precision, but as this practical resource demonstrates, the intricacies of neurocritical care should not be an insurmountable obstacle for any APP. Written in an easy-access style, Fast Facts About Neurocritical Care covers the defining characteristics, clinical presentation, diagnostics, treatment, and nursing considerations of common neurological disorders seen in acute care settings. Chapters review the assessment and diagnosis of common and not-so-common neurological conditions that can often be difficult to recognize and manage. With learning objectives, illustrations, and Fast Facts boxes highlighting critical content, this reference is an invaluable resource for orientation into this oftenchallenging specialty. Key Features: Useful pocket resource for difficult-to-master neurological conditions presenting in ICU Addresses a growing area of healthcare-a rapidly expanding specialty requiring well-versed nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants Reviews the basic neurological exam, as well as exam of the comatose patient Explains pertinent diagnostics including CSF interpretation and different imaging modalities Discusses commonly used treatments and medications Presents an orientation resource to this challenging specialty

About the Author
Diane McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM, FNCS is an acute care nurse practitioner at Baptist Medical Center/Lyerly Neurosurgery and Mayo Clinic Florida. She specializes in the field of neurocritical care and is a world expert and international speaker on topics such as stroke, advanced practice provider (APP) training and point-of-care ultrasound. She is active in healthcare, recent chair of the APP Resource Committee for the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and chair-elect for the Advanced Practice Nursing Professional Development Committee of the Nursing Section, as well as serving on Strategic Planning, Congress Program Planning and Ultrasound Committees. She was recently accepted into the American College of Critical Care Medicine as a Fellow of Critical Care Medicine, which is a designation honoring practitioners who have made outstanding contributions in critical care. Dr. McLaughlin is a member of the Neurocritical Care Society Guidelines and APP Leadership committees and serves as a Social Media Ambassador for the Neurocritical Care Journal. She was also inducted as a Fellow of Neurocritical Care in 2022. She is passionate about APP training and is a part-time lecturer at Case Western Reserve University. She spends much of her free time helping to advance the role of the critical care advanced practice provider at the bedside. She is knowledgeable in research and academia, with many publications, presentations, book chapters and Fast Facts about Neurocritical Care for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. She is dedicated to the advancement of science and healing the sick.


Book Information
ISBN 9780826188199
Author Diane C. McLaughlin
Format Paperback
Page Count 229
Imprint Springer Publishing Co Inc
Publisher Springer Publishing Co Inc