AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing: The Ultimate Guide for Critical Care Professionals

By Suzanne M. Burns, a renowned author in the field of critical care nursing, this comprehensive resource is the standard-bearer for critical care nursing guides. Endorsed by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), this peer-reviewed guide provides everything nurses and students need to know to provide safe, effective critical care.

What You’ll Learn

This engaging, evidence-based guide covers all the essential details on the care of adult critical care patients and their families. With its practical, building-block organization, it starts with the basics before proceeding to more complex concepts, making it perfect for nurses and students going through orientation on the hospital floor or enrolled in critical care courses.

Organized for Easy Reference

The AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing, Fifth Edition is divided into four sections for easy navigation:

• The Essentials: core information for providing safe, competent nursing care to all critically ill patients, regardless of their underlying medical diagnoses
• Pathologic Conditions: conditions and management strategies commonly encountered among adult critical care patients
• Advanced Concepts in Caring for the Critically Ill Patient: specific pathologic conditions that require specialized critical care management
• Key Reference Information: normal laboratory and diagnostic values, cardiac rhythms and their treatment, and crisis standards of care

Supported by helpful tables and algorithms, this guide is designed to help you care for every critical care patient with confidence.

Published by McGraw Hill LLC on October 13, 2023, this book is available in English and features ISBNs 9781264269884 and 9781264269891.

Stay up-to-date with the latest concepts in critical care nursing and provide the best possible care for your patients with the AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing, Fifth Edition.