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.
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Clinical Spotlight Articles
The Sepsis Clinical Care Standard – Responding to this Complex, Life Threatening, Time Critical Health Challenge! May 2023
While always a timely topic to revisit and review I was drawn to refresh my knowledge on sepsis after a fascinating presentation by Ms Emina Ryan at the recently held ACCCN NSW/ACT Seminar earlier this month. Without time-critical recognition, intervention, documentation, and ongoing management this could be a dangerous and
IND Our Nurses Our Future – Be a Florence Nightingale! April 2023
In line with the International Nurses Day theme the clinical spotlight is a little bit different in its focus this month. I read an interesting article comparing Florence Nightingale to a CNS (American definition) or something that resembles our CNSs and certainly our other advanced practice nurses (CNCs, NPs etc).
The Critically Ill Patient with Delirium! March 2023
World Delirium Awareness Day was the 15th of March so it seems timely to explore how some of our critically ill patients may present with delirium, and what we can do to offset this complication in their patient journey. The incidence of developing delirium while in hospital is 2-8% but
Speaking a Common Drug Dosage Language – Safe Administration of Drug Infusions in Critical Care! February 2023
In critical care we give many drugs to our patients and our more acutely unwell patients are rarely without the Christmas tree of infusion pumps that flash and beep at us. It is with this in mind that I want to highlight an element of clinical practice that will make
Managing a patient on non-invasive ventilation with an increased work of breathing! January 2023
As well as my part time role as CEO of ACCCN I have the pleasure of continuing to work as a nurse in intensive care. I feel this role compliments the role of CEO very well and helps keep me abreast of some of the issues facing critical care nurses.
