The Complete ICU Full Color Manual for Critical Care RNs

The Complete ICU Full Color Manual for Critical Care RNs

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The Complete ICU Full Color Manual for Critical Care RNs

The Complete ICU Full Color Manual for Critical Care RNs

Sale price  $88.99 Regular price $106.99
Still replaying the shift where you froze?
Walk into the next one with a full-color ICU system built for the bedside.

The Complete ICU Full Color Manual for Critical Care RNs by Nora J. Mosley is not another dense nursing textbook. It is a visual shift playbook for new ICU nurses, transfer nurses, students, and first-year critical care RNs who need the real bedside sequence: what to notice, what to check, what to do next, and when to call for help.

Written by
Nora J. Mosley, this manual turns the unwritten patterns experienced ICU nurses carry in their heads into scannable, full-color pages you can actually use when your brain is already full.

What makes this ICU manual different?

Two manuals in one.
Part 1,
On Shift, follows the rhythm of a real ICU day: getting report, reading lines and waveforms, prioritizing the first 30 minutes, titrating drips, managing the ventilator, responding when something changes, and handing off safely.

Part 2,
By System, gives you quick-find recognition cards across the major ICU systems: Neuro, Cardiac, Trauma, Respiratory, Renal, GI, Sepsis, and Endocrine. Each section keeps the same structure so you are not relearning the layout every time you turn the page.

Full-color visual learning.
Color-coded systems, diagrams, bedside cards, visual cues, and one-page decision support make the book easier to scan than a wall of text.

Built around the moments that make new ICU nurses nervous.
- Vasopressors and titration decisions
- Ventilator settings, alarms, ABGs, weaning, and extubation
- Hemodynamics, lines, waveforms, and bedside numbers
- Red flags that mean: stop, reassess, and call
- Recognition cards for common ICU patterns
- Shift organization from report to handoff

Who is this book for?
This manual is for you if you are a new grad starting in the ICU, a nurse transferring from another unit, a nursing student aiming for critical care, or a preceptor who wants a clearer way to support an orientee.

It meets you at the bedside, not in a perfect classroom scenario.

Includes companion bonus resources:
- Your First 90 Days in the ICU: orientation roadmap, monthly milestones, preceptor questions, and self-checks
- Getting Into the ICU: a readiness guide for students and transfer nurses preparing for the move into critical care

Your next shift is already on the schedule.
Stop hoping the freeze will not happen again. Start carrying the ICU sequences that make experienced nurses look calm.

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