Need a good ICU book

check out www.campusi.com, excellent resource for books, used but good resource!

linda

Dear Mark,
I am a big fan of your articles. I have been a nurse for 5 years and an ICU since may and I stumbled across your website last spring. You have made so many things way more understandable than any text book I could get my hands on. I really appreciate the time you put into these factoids and I have spread the word to all the new and old ICU nurses about your website. Thanks so much!!!

You might want to check out the hemodynamics booklet at rnbooklets.bravehost.com It's only nine bucks.

Great resource. All those questions I just don't get a chance to ask in the specific situations--or have never thought to ask.

I will be sharing this site with my coworkers.

May I totally back up this humble recommendation - I am starting in ICU in a month and it is (hopefully) bringing me up to speed quickly. But also fun to read!

Originally Posted by MarkHammerschmidt
May I humbly recommend my series of free articles at www.icufaqs.org ?

This is a fantastic resource. As a newbie ICU nurse, I have found Mark's references to be down to earth in an easy to read manner that helps me to understand the material. Thanks so much Mark!!

When I started in ICU 10 years ago, a friend of mine was interning at Parkland Hospital in Dallas and they used the following book for most of the classes: CRITICAL CARE SKILLS A CLINICAL HANDBOOK BY BARBARA C MIMS. It is stil what I use as a reference. They have a new edition out but it gives PEARLS about what to chart and what to look for.

Do you mean you are a new graduate from a nursing school? ( 2 or 4 years? )

I only ask because I'm still a student, but I want to gain a lot of experience in ICU ( i wish to become a CRNA one day ) *** I wanted to know what it takes to be offered a position in ICU. do you need further certification after you get your Rn license? *** do you have to have a BS? i'm currently in a associates program. with full intentions of going for both BSN *** masters ( hopefully in anesthetics )

I am wondering what everyone thinks of medication tech's. there new to ohio and just being piloted and I for one am very concerned. I am thinking of lobbing to have it stopped.

any articles on closed suction catheterisation?