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ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing, 1st Edition

Authors :
Leanne Aitken & Andrea Marshall & Wendy Chaboyer
Date of Publication: 01/2007
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Developed in conjunction with the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), the text has been written and edited by the most senior and experienced critical care nursing clinicians and academics across the region. ACCCN's Critical Care Nur ...view more
Developed in conjunction with the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), the text has been written and edited by the most senior and experienced critical care nursing clinicians and academics across the region. ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing is a resource that will foster the development of skilled and confident critical care nurses. This comprehensive text provides detailed coverage of a number of specialty areas within critical care nursing including intensive care, emergency nursing, cardiac nursing, neuroscience nursing and acute care. It will encourage students to be reflective practitioners, ethical decision-makers and providers of evidence-based care.
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Developed in conjunction with the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), the text has been written and edited by the most senior and experienced critical care nursing clinicians and academics across the region. ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing is a resource that will foster the development of skilled and confident critical care nurses. This comprehensive text provides detailed coverage of a number of specialty areas within critical care nursing including intensive care, emergency nursing, cardiac nursing, neuroscience nursing and acute care. It will encourage students to be reflective practitioners, ethical decision-makers and providers of evidence-based care.

Key Features
  • Written by expert clinicians, academics, and educators
  • Pedagogically rich chapters with learning objectives, key terms, case studies, practice tips, article abstracts, learning activities, research vignettes
  • Heavily illustrated and referenced
  • Reflects current clinical practice, policies, procedures and guidelines
  • The text has a patient-centred approach and will provide students with a sound knowledge base and critical thinking skills
  • Image bank of all illustrations from the text will be available to lecturers for teaching

Author Information
By Leanne Aitken, RN, PhD, GCertMgt, GDipScMed(ClinEpi), GCertAcadPrac, BHSc(Nurs)Hons, FACCCN, FACN, FAAN, Life Member – ACCCN, Professor of Critical Care, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London, UK ; Professor of Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Qld, Australia; Andrea Marshall, RN, PhD, MN(Research), Grad Cert Ed Studies (Higher Ed), BN, IC Cert, FACCCN, FACN, Life Member – ACCCN, Professor of Intensive Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, QLD, Australia and Wendy Chaboyer, RN, PhD, MN, BSc(Nu)Hons, Crit Care Cert, FACCCN, FAAN, Life Member – ACCCN, Professor and Deputy Head of School (Research), School of Nursing and Midwifery and Person-Centred Health Services Group Leader, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Qld, Australia