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Fast Facts for Critical Care Nurses is a good one. I have the program on my PDA but it also comes in a book.
Check the AACN website. They sell Core Curriculum books that you might find interesting. I don't have any of them.
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A Mosby book that I did get is called "Manual of Critical Care Nursing" by Pamela L. Swearingen and Janet Hicks Keens. I personally find it useful for looking up disease processes, as well as ventilator and hemodynamic information.
Good luck
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I love that Swearingen book, excellent fast reference!!
As for texts,I swear by the ACCN Critica Care Text as the Bible.
Another book I really liked, and it's been awhile, so I am not sure of the name anyore, I think it was called Essentials of Critical care Nursing, I loved the illustrations, esp in hemodynamics section, but t is not just a cardiac book. I love Conover's cardiac Nursing text and Dubin's EKG book. Those are some of my faves. The best book I ever read for critica care is OLD, it was called Shock, written in 1980's. really good cellular-level descriptions of shock, not ll that much has changed. But I think this book is out of print now.
Techniques in Bedside Hemodynamic Monitoring by Daily is EXCELLENT if you are really into Cradiac critical care and do a lot of Swans, and IABP.
AACN Clinical Reference for Critical Care Nursing by Kinney...the bible, thought I should give yu the correct name, since there are so many out there.
CamilleL
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I am a senior BSN student (1 more semester to go) and intend to work in the critical care area. I would appreciate any suggestions of a good critical text or reference/resource book to begin reviewing now. A text will be recommeded for a course in the Spring semester--don't know the name yet.
All your suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Thank you,
Camille