AACN Protocols for Practice: Noninvasive Monitoring, 2nd Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9780763738259 ISBN-10: 0763738255 Copyright: 2006 Edition: 2nd Editor: AACN, Doody's Expert Review    Score: 95 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Janice Hoffman,  RN, PhD  (Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing) Description This is the second edition of a book of protocols for noninvasive monitoring. Five protocols are described: bedside cardiac, respiratory waveforms, end-tidal carbon dioxide, noninvasive blood pressure, and pulse oximetry monitoring. Particularly useful for bedside critical care nurses is the consistent format of each protocol, including case studies, descriptions, content related to precision and accuracy, competency, suggested readings clinical recommendations, annotated bibliographies, and areas for future research. Purpose The purpose is to provide bedside clinicians and advanced practice nurses with the most recent available research regarding noninvasive monitoring. In particular, these protocols present research findings in reader friendly formats for immediate analysis and application. Due to the dynamic changes in the care of the critically ill patient, this book is very beneficial for both new and experienced nurses; it also provides a benchmark against which units or facilities can compare their current clinical practice. Audience This book is useful for both novice and experienced nurses, bedside clinicians, and advanced practice nurses. The author's expertise and practice in critical care nursing make her ideally suited to oversee this project. Features Comprehensive protocols are provided for cardiac, respiratory, blood pressure, carbon dioxide and pulse oximetry monitoring. The protocol structure is one of the best features of this book. The contributors provide organized, logical and chronological content for each protocol. Additionally, each protocol provides information related to selection of patients, application of device and initial use, ongoing monitoring, prevention of complications, quality control, and recommendation ratings based upon the level of data available to support the content. Inclusion of case studies for each protocol is another benefit of this book as it provides the reader with a framework/context upon which to compare or apply the procedural content. Chapter 2 on respiratory waveforms monitoring is particularly well written as the case study, introducing the chapter, is followed throughout the remainder of the chapter. Finally, the annotated bibliographies in each chapter provide summaries of the research publications that were used for protocol development; this is a significant strength of the book. Assessment This protocol reference provides succinct, useful, and valid information related to noninvasive monitoring useful for bedside clinicians. The format is extremely easy to read and use, and the content has been updated based upon the most recent advances in these areas of clinical practice. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. N/A 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 5 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 8 ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.