AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing: A Comprehensive Guide for Critical Care Professionals

As the standard-bearer of critical care nursing guides, the AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing provides a succinct and comprehensive resource for treating adult, critically ill patients and their families. Written by top experts in the field and endorsed by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), this evidence-based guide delivers the most current concepts and essential details for providing safe, effective, and progressive care.

What You’ll Learn

This peer-reviewed guide covers a wide range of topics, including:

• The basics of progressive care nursing, ensuring you’re well-equipped to provide competent care to the majority of patients
• Pathological conditions and management strategies commonly encountered among adult, progressive care patients
• Advanced progressive care concepts to support the delivery of specialized care
• Normal laboratory and diagnostic values, cardiac rhythms, ECG characteristics, and treatment guides
• New crisis standards of care content to stay current with the latest developments

Why This Guide Stands Out

What sets the AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing apart is its practical, building-block organization, which starts with the basics before proceeding to more complex concepts. This engaging guide is perfect for:

• Nurses going through orientation on the hospital floor
• Students enrolled in critical care courses
• Healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their skills and knowledge in progressive care nursing

With helpful tables and algorithms, this comprehensive resource provides everything you need to know to care for every progressive care patient and their families. Stay current, confident, and competent in your practice with the AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing, Fifth Edition.

Key details about this book:

• Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC
• Publication date: October 13, 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9781264269419 (Print) | 9781264269426 (E-book)