Aacn's Clinical Reference for Critical Care Nursing

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Summary: The Bible of Critical Care Nursing
Review: ...That about says it all. This is THE pre-eminent reference for critical care nursing. Excellent as a resource for the novice, advanced enough for the expert practitioner and everyone in between the ends of the spectrum. Lots of good tables and examples to illustrate points, and is, for the most part, easy to read. I use mine everyday in practice as a clinical educator and after 18 years, I still find things in there that I either didn't know or tidbits that help me clarify points for my students/orientees. Worth the money!

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Summary: $$$
Review: Negatives: Expensive. There are not enough diagrams and pictures. Leaves much to the imagination. Some areas not well organized. Positives: most detailed textbook related to critical care without being a medical textbook and cater toward nursing. Excellent pathophysiology descriptions. Everything is broken down to the most basic cellular level. I never knew how much I did not know until I read this book. Highly recommended.

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Summary: was not user friendly
Review: This was too much like a text book. Nurses at our facility said "send it back" it is not user friendly!!

Rating:
Summary: was not user friendly
Review: This was too much like a text book. Nurses at our facility said "send it back" it is not user friendly!!