AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing, 5th Edition: A Comprehensive Guide

Authored by Suzanne M. Burns, this esteemed critical care nursing guide is endorsed by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) and written by top experts in the field. This peer-reviewed resource provides everything nurses and students need to know to deliver safe, effective critical care to adult patients and their families.

Comprehensive Coverage of Critical Care Nursing

This engaging, evidence-based guide covers all the essential details on the care of adult critical care patients and their families. Supported by helpful tables and algorithms, the book’s practical, building-block organization starts with the basics before proceeding to more complex concepts.

Organized for Easy Reference

The AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing, 5th Edition is divided into four sections:

• 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.

Whether you’re going through orientation on the hospital floor or enrolled in critical care courses, this invaluable resource helps you care for every critical care patient. Stay current with the most recent concepts and guidelines in critical care nursing and enhance your skills in providing high-quality patient care.

Published by McGraw Hill LLC, this 5th edition is available in English and features ISBN numbers 9781264269884 and 9781264269891.