Current Issue November 2011, Vol. 24, No. 4

Issue Highlights

  • Maternal severity of illness across levels of care: A prospective, cross-sectional study
    November 2011(Vol. 24 | No. 4 | Pages 218-228)

    Wendy E. Pollock, Nerina S. Harley, Sioban M. Nelson

  • The severe sepsis bundles as processes of care: A meta-analysis
    November 2011(Vol. 24 | No. 4 | Pages 229-243)

    Diane J. Chamberlain, Eileen M. Willis, Andrew B. Bersten

  • Creating an environment to implement and sustain evidence based practice: A developmental process
    November 2011(Vol. 24 | No. 4 | Pages 244-254)

    Leanne M. Aitken, Ben Hackwood, Shannon Crouch, Samantha Clayton, Nicky West, Debbie Carney, Leanne Jack

  • Mixed venous oxygen saturation monitoring revisited: Thoughts for critical care nursing practice
    23 November 2011

    Martin Christensen

  • Pain indicators in brain-injured critical care adults: An integrative review
    21 November 2011

    Marie-José Roulin, Anne-Sylvie Ramelet

  • A survey of ward nurses attitudes to the Intensive Care Nurse Consultant service in a teaching hospital
    17 November 2011

    Tammie McIntyre, Carmel Taylor, Glenn M. Eastwood, Daryl Jones, Ian Baldwin, Rinaldo Bellomo

  • Transition to intensive care nursing: A state-wide, workplace centred program—12 years on
    30 September 2011

    Alison Juers, Margaret Wheeler, Helen Pascoe, Nicola Gregory, Cheryl Steers

  • A Delphi study on National PICU nursing research priorities in Australia and New Zealand
    26 September 2011

    Anne S. Ramelet, Fenella Gill, The ACCCN Paediatric Intensive Care Special Interest Group

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About ACCCN

ACCCN represents over 2,500 critical care nurses working across the critical care clinical spectrum emergency, coronary care, high dependency, cardiothoracic and general intensive care units, and academic and educational settings. ACCCN activities focus on the care of both adult and paediatric critically ill patients, and includes many clinical sub-specialities (Special Interest Groups) and professional issues (Advisory Panels). The College has strong professional relationships with other national peak nursing bodies and government agencies and individuals, including the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society. ACCCN is a foundation member of the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses and a member association to the World Federation of Societies of Intensive Care and Critical Care Medicine and maintains a representative on Council of both these international bodies.

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Australian Critical Care is published by Elsevier for the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN).



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About Australian Critical Care

Australian Critical Care is a peer-reviewed journal, providing clinically relevant research, reviews and articles of interest to our members. Australian Critical Care is published quarterly. Original contributions relevant to critical care nursing are invited. The editor welcomes manuscripts reporting original research or innovative practices and technologies, continuing education articles, descriptions of instructive case studies and editorials and book reviews sought by the editor. Authors may also contribute unsolicited editorials and book reviews by arrangement with the editor.

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