Clinical Spotlight
The Australian College of Critical Care Nurses Ltd (ACCCN)
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.
If you have suggestions for topics for us to focus on, we encourage you to contact us here. These ideas could be anything that you or your colleagues have come across in your clinical practice which you would like us to help you review and refresh your knowledge on.
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Clinical Spotlight Articles
Critical Care in PNG and the Pacific! August 2024
Written by Andy Macey (ACCCN Global Health Advisory Panel (GHAP) Panel Member) The ACCCN Global Health Advisory Panel (GHAP) was established with the aim to support and establish connections with critical care nurses in PNG and our neighbours in the pacific. Access to Critical Care Services (CCS) is something we
DonateLife Week – Time to Think and Reflect on Death and Our Clinical Practice! July 2024
Written by Professor Melissa Bloomer, Chair ACCCN End-of-Life Advisory Panel & Fellow ACCCN This July we acknowledge the importance raising awareness for organ and tissue donation in Australia through DonateLife week (Sunday 28th July to Sunday 4th August). Organ and tissue donation has the potential to save many lives. In
Care of the Older Person in Critical Care! June 2024
Written by Dr Farida Saghafi (ACCCN Education Advisory Panel Member) Advances in health care have promoted an increase in life expectancy, leading to an aging population. As a result, more older adults are admitted to intensive care units (ICU), making it essential for ICU registered nurses to refresh their knowledge
Critical Care Nurses and the Value or Values of Healthcare – Happy International Nurses Day!! May 2024
May has been an exciting month with the celebration of International Nurses Day on Sunday 12th May! The theme of Our Nurses Our Future “The economic power of care” highlights how strategic investment in nursing can bring considerable economic and societal benefits.1 The International Council of Nurses asked us to consider how financial crises often
Kids, Could It Be Sepsis? April 2024
To mark the Paediatric Sepsis week held on the 21-27th April1 we are focusing our clinical spotlight on refreshing our knowledge on the assessment and management of sepsis in children. This wonderful week of education and events is dedicated to recognising the children who experience sepsis each year, remembering those
Updating the ACCCN Position Statement on Critical Care Education – Implications for Critical Care Practice! March 2024
Written by Dr Melanie Greenwood, Chair of the ACCCN Education Advisory Panel The Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) has long maintained or argued that appropriate education and preparation of critical care nurses is a vital element in the provision of person-centred quality care for patients and families. The
