Clinical Spotlight
The ACCCN Clinical Spotlight is a regular education segment from the ACCCN Newsletter. Each month the ACCCN National Nurse Educator focus’ on refreshing your knowledge and skills around a relevant clinical concept at the time. These articles are distributed to members in the monthly ACCCN Newsletter and you can also review all of the past articles here.
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Clinical Spotlight Articles
Summer is Coming – Spotlight on Immersion Injuries! December 2025
Written by Arielle Jolly, Kate Leutert, Amy Allington, Melanie Tarantik, and Stephen McKeever on behalf of the ACCCN Paediatric Advisory Panel With summer commencing immersion admissions will increase As 2025 draws to a close, days start to grow longer, and the sun will soon reach its zenith. For Australian critical
The Nurse Practitioner Pathway in Australia! November 2025
By Brittany Cann (member of the ACCCN ICU Nurse Practitioner Advisory Panel). History, Endorsement, and ICU Model of Care The Nurse Practitioner (NP) role in Australia has evolved into a cornerstone of advanced clinical practice, offering a unique blend of autonomy, expertise, and collaborative care. From its historical roots to
What Defines a Nurse – Reframing Critical Care Nursing in the Contemporary Environment! October 2025
Written by the ACCCN Workforce Advisory Panel – Michelle Foster, Rebecca Jarden, Philip Peter, Paul Ross, and Brandon Cummins. Culminating in 2025, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) embarked on a project to review and update its definition of nursing to better align with contemporary practice and the diverse needs
World Sepsis Day and Sepsis Awareness Month: Changing the Trajectory of Sepsis Survivorship! September 2025
Written by Dr Alexia Rohde, Dr Brett Abbenbroek, A/Prof Naomi Hammond on behalf of the ACCCN Research Advisory Panel Each September, World Sepsis Day (13th) and Sepsis Awareness Month unites people around Australia and the world to raise awareness of sepsis, a life threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated
Towards a Learning Health System in Intensive Care! August 2025
Written by Jessica Schults and Gillian Ray-Barruel (on behalf of the ACCCN Research Advisory Panel) ICUs are awash with data, but are we making the most of it? Intensive care units (ICUs) generate an extraordinary volume of high-frequency clinical data from monitors, ventilators, infusion pumps, and electronic medical records (EMRs).
The Use and Future Implications for the Impella Device – An Advanced Technology Therapy for the Cardiac Compromised Critically Ill Patient! July 2025
Written by Ms Belinda Causby and Ms Hannah Girling-Butler Intensive Care Unit, St Vincents Hospital, Sydney The Impella is a form of mechanical circulatory support device, designed to provide temporary assistance to the heart in patients experiencing severe cardiac compromise. The microaxial-flow pump is inserted via a catheter, through the
