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A bimonthly scientific journal, AJCC offers the latest advances in clinical research, with features that highlight bedside applications of select research articles.

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Volume 29,

Issue 5

September 1, 2020

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For free access articles in the American Journal of Critical Care, Critical Care Nurse, and AACN Advanced Critical Care related to the care of patients with COVID-19, click here.

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Critical Care Guidance for Tracheostomy Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global, Multidisciplinary Approach

Facilitating Posttraumatic Growth After Critical Illness

Positive Appraisal of Caregiving for Intensive Care Unit Survivors: A Qualitative Secondary Analysis

Impact of Workplace Climate on Burnout Among Critical Care Nurses in the Veterans Health Administration

Grief Reactions of Potential Organ Donors’ Bereaved Relatives: An Observational Study

CE Articles

Feasibility of Videophone-Assisted Neuropsychological Testing For Intensive Care Unit Survivors

Grief Reactions of Potential Organ Donors’ Bereaved Relatives: An Observational Study

Impact of Workplace Climate on Burnout Among Critical Care Nurses in the Veterans Health Administration

Safety and Effectiveness of Early Oral Hydration in Patients After Cardiothoracic Surgery

Curriculum to Introduce Critical Care Nurses to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

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Investigator Spotlight

Jorge López, PhD, MD, is an associate professor at the Public University of Navarre and a member of the IdiSNA, Navarre Institute for Health Research. ...

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Surge Response to the Pandemic

Rapid ICU Training to Treat COVID-19 Patients

Susan I. Liu, BSN, RN, CCRN, TCRN, describes how her hospital created and implemented a 3-hour training to prepare non–critical care nurses to manage critically ill patients with COVID-19. ...

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