Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acute Coronary Syndrome & Myocardial Infarction -- Hypertensive Crisis -- Management of Acute Heart Failure -- Respiratory Failure & Mechanical Ventilation -- Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Cerebral Vascular Accidents & Transient Ischemic Attacks -- Acute Management of Seizure -- Acute Kidney Injury & Renal Failure -- Electrolyte Derangements -- Management of Acid-Base Balance -- Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- Acute Liver Dysfunction -- Acute Dysfunction of the Pancreas and Biliary System -- Management of Acute Inflammatory Gastrointestinal Disorders -- Acute Management of Diabetic Emergencies -- Thyroid disorders in the Critically Ill & Thyroid Emergencies -- Sepsis & Septic Shock -- Fever of Unknown Origin & Nosocomial Infections -- Note Templates -- Billing for Services.

"Welcome to the Clinical Rotation Manual for the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Student. This book is designed to prepare the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner student for those complicated and complex clinical situations you may not have yet explored fully in the didactic part of your program. When I was an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Student myself, I recognized there were not resources specifically designed for the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. As I began my practice and began to precept, I noticed that no new resources had been developed. And after several years of precepting nurse practitioner students, I received a lot of feedback that certain disease processes had not yet been covered in their course work, often leading to frustration and difficulty working through complex differential diagnoses during clinical rotations"--