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Foreword

As a specialty area of nursing practice, critical care nursing nursing knowledge and skills to provide care to acutely
is focused on the care of patients who are experiencing ill patients and their families.
life-threatening illness. Globally, critical care nurses Internationally, there are more than 500,000 critical care
provide care to ensure that critically ill patients and their nurses, representing one of the largest specialty areas of
families receive optimal care. This second edition of the nursing practice. The importance of maintaining knowl-
Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN’s) edge of best practices, utilising evidence-based approaches,
Critical Care Nursing is a valuable resource for critical care and applying research to clinical practice for critical
nursing practice. The editors, who are acknowledged care patients remain essential components of critical
expert practitioners, educators, and researchers in critical care nursing. This second edition of ACCCN’s Critical Care
care, have organised the book into topics covering the Nursing is a comprehensive resource for critical care
scope of critical care, principles and practice of critical nurses seeking to further develop their knowledge and
care, and specialty practice in critical care. The content enhance their clinical practice expertise.
covered in this book, written by established experts in the
field of critical care, provides a comprehensive overview
of critical care nursing concepts and practices. The Ruth Kleinpell PhD, RN, FAAN, FCCM
book provides up-to-date information on evidence-based Director, Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship
practices and the chapters incorporate a variety of educa- Rush University Medical Center;
tional resources including website links, case studies and Professor, Rush University College of Nursing;
practice tips. Nurse Practitioner, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ACCCN’s Critical Care Nursing is a beneficial resource for
critical care nurses, regardless of practice setting. In
seeking to provide complex high intensity care, therapies President of the World Federation of
and interventions, critical care nurses will find that the Critical Care Nurses
book reviews essential content related to critical care http://www.wfccn.org

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