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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 4

July 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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Stepping in, Stepping up, and Stepping out: Competencies for Intensive Care Unit Nursing Leaders During Disasters, Emergencies, and Outbreaks

Rapid Critical Care Training of Nurses in the Surge Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Noteworthy Electrocardiographic Changes Following Pharmacologic Treatment of COVID-19

Meeting Today’s Challenges: All In

Relationship Between Intensive Care Unit Delirium Severity and 2-Year Mortality and Health Care Utilization

CE Articles

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

Curriculum to Introduce Critical Care Nurses to Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Relationship Between Intensive Care Unit Delirium Severity and 2-Year Mortality and Health Care Utilization

Lessons Learned From Medical Malpractice Claims Involving Critical Care Nurses

Practices and Perceptions of Nurses Regarding Child Visitation in Adult Intensive Care Units

From the Editor

The first reports of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection emerged near the end of 2019 from Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China.¹ ...

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Investigator Spotlight

Kelly N. Michelson, MD, MPH, has been a pediatric critical care specialist for more than 15 years. However, another of her life’s passions ...

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Nursing and Medical Product Innovation

Distinguished Research Lecture

Karen K. Giuliano, PhD, MBA, RN, describes her unconventional journey from a critical care staff nurse to challenging precedent in critical care and technology development...

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