Editorials:

Christopher W. Bryan-Brown and Kathleen Dracup

Apocalypse When?
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 7-9. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editors:

Jeff Hopkins

LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 9-10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Sherman

LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maj Nigel Heal

LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 10. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guest Editorials:

Linda Chlan

Integrating Nonpharmacological, Adjunctive Interventions Into Critical Care Practice: A Means To Humanize Care?
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 14-16. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Critical Care Education and Training:

Deanna L. Reising

Early Socialization of New Critical Care Nurses
This exploratory study defines the phases that new critical care nurses experience during the early socialization process. The author conducted interviews and collected journals of participants during the first 4 to 5 months of socialization and examined orientation materials and field notes. By exposing the process of socialization, we become more aware of the conflicts, decision making, and challenges faced by new critical care nurses.
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 19-26. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janie Heath, Jeannette Andrews, Sue Ann Thomas, Frances J. Kelley, and Erika Friedman

Tobacco Dependence Curricula in Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Education
Tobacco dependence is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, yet healthcare professionals are not adequately educated on how to help patients to stop smoking. Using a survey of 13 multiple-choice items mailed to 72 coordinators of acute care nurse practitioner programs in the United States, the authors of this study assess the content and extent of tobacco education in the curricula of ACNP programs.
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 27-33. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Critical Care Technology:

Amy Dillon, Cindy L. Munro, and Mary Jo Grap

Nurses’ Accuracy in Estimating Backrest Elevation
Positioning of patients is a key component of nursing care and can affect morbidity and mortality of critically ill patients. Nurses' selection of backrest position can have an important effect on the patients' well-being. The authors investigated the difference between nurses' estimates of bed angles and measured bed angles and discuss the relationship between nurses' characteristics and the accuracy of their estimates.
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 34-37. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wendy M. Fallis

Monitoring Urinary Bladder Temperature in the Intensive Care Unit: State of the Science
Body temperature, a vital sign particularly important in critical care patients, can be monitored with a variety of devices and at a variety of body sites. This comprehensive and critical review of research undertaken in intensive care units compares body temperatures measured in the urinary bladder with temperatures measured at a core site.
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 38-45. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]  

Critical Care Cardiology:

Claire E. Sommargren

Electrocardiographic Abnormalities in Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Subarachnoid hemorrhage, a serious neurological disorder, is often complicated by the occurrence of ECG abnormalities unexplained by preexisting cardiac conditions. The author presents research findings on the prevalence, duration, and clinical significance of these ECG changes, factors thought to be associated with the changes, and theories on etiology.
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 48-56. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]  

Critical Care Nursing Assessment:

Susan K. Frazier, Debra K. Moser, Barbara Riegel, Sharon McKinley, Wendy Blakely, Kyungeh An Kim, and Bonnie J. Garvin

Critical Care Nurses’ Assessment of Patients’ Anxiety: Reliance on Physiological and Behavioral Parameters
Despite the adverse effects of anxiety in vulnerable patients, little is known about critical care nurses' practices for assessing anxiety. The authors of this article surveyed 783 critical care nurses to determine the importance that critical care nurses place on evaluating anxiety and to describe clinical indicators used to assess anxiety.
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 57-64. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Respiratory Critical Care:

Elisabeth L. George, Leslie A. Hoffman, Arthur Boujoukos, and Thomas G. Zullo

Effect of Positioning on Oxygenation in Single-Lung Transplant Recipients
A number of unique factors related to the allograft make the effects of positioning difficult to determine in single-lung transplant recipients. This study evaluates the effect of 3 body positions (supine, lateral with allograft lung down, and lateral with native lung down) on oxygenation and blood flow in 15 single-lung transplant recipients in the 24 hours immediately after surgery.
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 66-75. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]  

Current Controversies in Critical Care:

Lisa Day and Patricia Benner

Ethics, Ethical Comportment, and Etiquette
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 76-79. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiology Casebook:

Laurie G. Futterman and Louis Lemberg

Focus: Hypertension in the Aged Population
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 80-86. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ECG Puzzler:

Mary G. Adams and Michele M. Pelter

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Am J Crit Care 2002 11(1): 87-89. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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