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ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing

ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing

3rd Edition

by Andrea MarshallWendy Chaboyer and Leanne Aitken
Paperback
Publication Date: 23/09/2015

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With each edition, ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing has built on its highly respected reputation.

Its contributors aim to encourage and challenge practising critical care nurses and students to develop world-class critical care nursing skills in order to ensure delivery of the highest quality care.

Endorsed by the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), this 3rd edition presents the expertise of foremost critical care leaders and features the most recent evidence-based research and up-to-date advances in clinical practice, technology, procedures and standards.

Expanded to reflect the universal core elements of critical care nursing practice authors, Aitken, Marshall and Chaboyer, have retained the specific information that captures the unique elements of contemporary critical care nursing in Australia, New Zealand and other similar practice environments.

Structured in three sections, ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing, 3rd Edition addresses all aspects of critical care nursing, including patient care and organisational issues, while highlighting some of the unique and complex aspects of specialty critical care nursing practice, such as paediatric considerations, trauma management and organ donation.

Book Features

Presented in three sections:

  • Scope of Critical Care
  • Principles and Practice of Critical Care
  • Speciality Practice
  • Focus on concepts that underpin practice - essential physical, psychological, social and cultural care
  • New case studies elaborate on relevant care topics
  • Research vignettes explore a range of topics 
  • Practice tips highlight areas of care particularly relevant to daily clinical practice 
  • Learning activities support knowledge, reflective learning and understanding
  • Additional case studies with answers available on evolve

New to this Edition

  • NEW chapter on Postanaesthesia recovery 
  • Revised coverage of metabolic and nutritional considerations for the critically ill patient 
  • Aligned with the NEW ACCCN Standards for Practice
ISBN:
9780729542005
9780729542005
Category:
Intensive care nursing
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
23-09-2015
Publisher:
Elsevier
Edition:
3rd Edition
Pages:
1048
Dimensions (mm):
276x216mm
Andrea Marshall

Andrea Marshall, RN, PhD, MN(Research), BN, Grad Cert Ed Studies (Higher Ed), IC Cert , FACCCN, FACN, Life Member - ACCCN, Professor of Acute and Complex Care Nursing, School of Nursing & Midwifery & NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing (NCREN) Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University Intensive Care Unit, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service 

Wendy Chaboyer

Wendy Chaboyer, RN, PhD, MN, BSc(Nu)Hons, Crit Care Cert, FACCCN, Life Member - ACCCN , Professor & Director NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing (NCREN), Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University; Professor, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Leanne Aitken

Leanne Aitken, RN, PhD, BHSc(Nurs)Hons, GCertMgt, GDipScMed(ClinEpi), FACCCN, FACN, FAAN, Life Member - ACCCN , Professor of Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing & Midwifery & NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing (NCREN), Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University; Intensive Care Unit, Princess Alexandra Hospital; Professor of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, City University London, UK

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