Download or read book AACN Protocols for Practice: Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients written by Editor: Suzanne M. Burns and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2008-08-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients guides clinicians’ practice in the following categories: airway management, modes and methods of mechanical ventilation, weaning, sedation and neuromuscular blockade, nutrition support, and home care management of ventilator-assisted patients. Each protocol guides clinicians in the appropriate selection of patients, use and application of management principles, initial and ongoing monitoring, discontinuation of therapies or interventions, and selected aspects of quality control.