Mission The mission of the journal CRITICAL CARE NURSE is to provide critical care and acute care nurses with accurate, relevant, and useful information concerning the bedside care of critically and acutely ill patients and to keep critical and acute care nurses informed on issues that affect their practice. By reading any issue of CRITICAL CARE NURSE, critical care and acute care nurses should benefit through increased knowledge concerning critical and acute care nursing practice and be able to use this knowledge to care for patients and their families in a more effective manner
CRITICAL CARE NURSE is interested in receiving papers on the following topics:
Patient safety Pharmacology Pain management Infection control Cardiac and cardiovascular disorders and therapies Monitoring
General topic areas in clinical practice
New developments, advancements, or updates on nursing care, treatments, or procedures
Cutting-edge medical or surgical therapies
Evidence-based practice
Exemplars of effective and successful nursing interventions
Best practices for acute and critical care conditions
Critical care pharmacology updates
New diagnostic tests
Advances in patient monitoring
Case studies of patients with unique or unusual disorders or clinical situations
Care of the critically ill obstetric and postpartum patient
Providing critical care nursing services in nontraditional care sites such as ambulatory care, transport, and disaster settings
Transitioning patients to home care
Multidisciplinary collaboration in managing patient care
Critical pathways, and patient care protocols for critical care
Academic education
Critical care experiences in basic nursing education programs
Preparing and supporting staff to serve as preceptors for students
Instructional resources
Resolving student placement problems
Negotiating contracts with clinical facilities
Computer- and Web-based instructional resources for students
Advanced practice
Differential diagnosis of acute and critical care conditions
Treatment practices for acute care conditions
Collaboration of advanced practice nurses with staff nurses, clinical nurse specialists, nurse managers, medical staff, and allied health staff
Acute care nurse practitioner issues, education, certification, and reimbursement
Return of clinical nurse specialist
AIDS
Advances in understanding and treating people with AIDS
Cardiovascular medicine
Hemodynamic monitoring
Advances in management of acute myocardial infarction
Management of acute and chronic heart failure
Use of vasoactive drips, inotropic support, thrombolytic therapy
Cardiovascular surgery
Chest tubes and drains
Managing complications
Femoral sheaths
Updates on new surgical procedures
Complementary therapies
Spirituality in critical care nursing
Creating a healing environment
Efficacy of various complementary therapies in the critically ill
Cultural diversity
Responding effectively to cultural aspects of patient and family care
Minimizing language barriers
Dealing with diversity issues among staff ECGs and pacemakers
Advanced ECG interpretation
Unique ECG cases
Advanced pacemaker rhythms
Ethics
End-of-life care
Ethical and legal aspects of practice
Resolving ethical conflicts effectively and expeditiously
Geriatrics
Special needs and tailoring care for the elderly patient
Restraint policies and procedures that meet JCAHO requirements
Recognizing and managing elder abuse
Immunology
Immunosuppression
Advances in understanding immune system disorders
Managing anaphylactic reactions and immunologic emergencies
Infection control
Antibiotic-resistant organisms
New therapies
Unique case studies in infectious diseases
Management
Case management and critical pathways for specific patient populations
Staffing programs that work
Mentoring programs
Strategies for achieving magnet status
Staffing: patient acuity/classification systems, floating, using registry staff, optimal staffing ratios and skill mix, staffing policies, work schedules and shifts
Coping with mergers, redesigns, and downsizing
Patient admission and discharge criteria
Catheterization lab and radiology policies and procedures
Guidelines for supervision and delegation; resolving problems with delegation
Legal aspects of delegation, supervision, and assignment acceptance
Military critical care nursing
Aspects of critical care nursing unique to any branch of the military
Working with and developing clinical support staff such as corpsmen
Neonatal
Unique needs of the neonate
Managing neonatal emergencies
Resources for neonatal nurses on specific patient populations
Neonatal transport
Supporting parents and siblings of neonates
Neurologic
Sedation and pain management; sedation scales
Neuro trauma
New therapies for managing stroke
Monitoring and managing intracranial pressure
Nutrition
Enteral feeds and feeding tubes
Nutritional issues in the critically ill
Use of gastric pH
Pediatrics
Unique needs of the pediatric critical care patient
Managing pediatric emergencies
Resources for pediatric critical care nurses
Supporting parents and siblings of pediatric patients
Postanesthesia recovery
Newer anesthetic agents
Recovering critically ill patients from anesthesia
Recognizing and managing postanesthesia recovery emergencies
Progressive care
Policies, procedures, and protocols
Competencies
Telemetry best practices
How it differs from critical care
Psychiatric issues
Recognizing and managing psychiatric problems in the critically ill
Managing the client with substance abuse
Psychiatric complications in the critically ill
Dealing with dysfunctional families
Pulmonary
Advances in patient care
Managing patients on various forms of mechanical ventilation
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Staff development
Assessing and developing staff competency; competency measurement and validation tools
Effective and efficient orientation programs
Patient and family education programs
Orientation and continuing education programs for unlicensed personnel
Preceptor training and support
Toxicology
Pathophysiology of toxic ingestions
Protocols and algorithms for managing toxic ingestion
Case studies of unique toxicology cases
Transplantation
Advances in organ and tissue transplantation
New pharmacologic therapies for the transplant patient
CRITICAL CARE NURSE is an official publication of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts for consideration and peer review. Clinical topics must apply directly to the care of critically and acutely ill patients and their families, with case presentations and clinical tips especially welcome.
Send manuscripts to: Grif Alspach, RN, MSN, EdD Editor, CRITICAL CARE NURSE P.O. Box 6680 Annapolis, MD 21401-0680 GrifCCN@comcast.net
Submissions are usually acknowledged within 2 weeks of receipt in the editorial office. If you do not receive acknowledgment, write (P.O. Box 6680, Annapolis, MD 21401) or e-mail (GrifCCN@comcast.net) the Editor, Grif Alspach. CRITICAL CARE NURSE accepts no responsibility for lost or mislaid materials, so authors are advised to keep copies in their possession. All manuscripts are subject to peer review and copyediting.
Cover Letter Please include a cover letter with the name, address, telephone numbers (home and work), fax number, and e-mail address of the author to whom all correspondence should be addressed.
Manuscript Content Title Page The title page of a manuscript should contain the following:
Title of manuscript, which should be to the point andreflect the substance of the manuscript.
Authors? full names, with degrees, credentials, and institutional affiliations.
Three to 5 key words for indexing.
Feature Articles Feature articles should generally not exceed 15 double-spaced typed pages, excluding references, tables, figures, and references. Use of such visual elements as tables and figures, as well as sidebars and bibliography to convey additional information, is strongly encouraged; these elements should augment, not duplicate, information from the text.
Key Points Summary of Key Points should be typed on a separate sheet and should summarize, in a few sentences, the critical information the author intends for the reader to take away from the article.
References References should be double-spaced at the end of the text. Number them consecutively by their order of appearance in the text and designate reference numbers as superscripts in the text. References cited in tables and figures are numbered sequentially as if they are cited where the table and figure is first cited in the text. Do not use any word processing footnote function. If a source lists more than 6 authors, list only the first 3, followed by ?et al.? Follow the American Medical Association Manual of Style, 9th edition for format and punctuation, shown below.
For Journals: Last name and initials (no periods) of authors, title of article (capitalize only the first word, proper names, and abbreviations normally capitalized; no quotation marks), journal title (italicize and use Index Medicus abbreviations), year of publication, volume, inclusive page numbers. Example: 1. Reed FD, Watson NP. Nursing care of the patient withcardiomyopathy. Am J Nurs. 1985;4:121-124.
For Books: Last name and initials of authors; title of book (italicize and capitalize all significant words); edition number (if after first edition); last name and initials of editor if any; city and state of publication; publisher; year of publication; page numbers (only if specifically cited). Example: 2. Carlson AK. Critical Care Nursing Process. 3rd ed. Boston, Mass: Beacon Hill Press; 1985:245-252.
For Book Chapters: Last name and initials of authors; title of chapter; ?In:? followed by last name and initials of editors, ?ed.?; title of book, etc, as above. Example: 3. Schiffman JD. Immunology of influenza. In: Cane MB, ed. Viruses and Influenza. Orlando, Fla: Academic Press; 1990:191-196.
Bibliography Unnumbered references, in the form of a selected reading list, are rarely used in AMA journals. If they are, these references would appear alphabetically in a list separate from the specifically cited reference list.
Tables Submit each table as a separate text file. Each table must be numbered (consecutively in the order mentioned in the text) and titled. Each column within a table should have a heading. Abbreviations must be explained in a footnote.
Figures Submit original, unmounted, untrimmed black-and-white or color glossy prints. The back of each print should note the figure number and orientation of the figure (top/left/right). Include signed consent/release from owner of photo or artist if different from author. Include signed consent/release forms from all identifiable individuals. If permission from subjects is not obtained, photographs will be cropped appropriately. All photographs should be glossy prints or digital files of at least 300 dpi. Do not send files downloaded from the Internet, as these are low-resolution and will reproduce poorly in print. The preferred file formats are TIFF and EPS. JPG and BMP are accepted but not preferred, as these are also low resolution. We can scan crisp, clean photographs if they contain no writing. Do not submit any art in Microsoft applications. For printing purposes, the original art that was placed into these applications is required. For figures such as graphs, data points should be provided in a separate text file. Figure legends should be typed double-spaced in consecutive order on a new manuscript page. Contact the editorial office for further information (800-809-2273 or 949-448-7370).
Releases If any material in the manuscript is from a previously copyrighted publication, include a letter of permission to reproduce the material from both the author and the copyright holder.
Patient Descriptions, Photographs, and Pedigrees< Include a signed statement of informed consent to publish (in print and online) patient descriptions, photographs, and pedigrees from all persons (parents or legal guardians for minors) who can be identified in such written descriptions, photographs, or pedigrees. Such persons should be shown the manuscript before its submission.
Manuscript Preparation All material must be double-spaced, on white paper, with margins of at least 1 inch on all sides. Number all pages sequentially, including the summary of key points, references, bibliography, tables, and figures. Submit 4 complete copies of the manuscript and illustrations (tables and figures).
Drug Names Use generic names only. The trade name of a particular drug may be cited in parentheses the first time the generic name appears.
Units of Measurement Physiologic measurements should be reported in metric units (International System of Units, SI); conventional units may be placed in parenthesis after the SI units. Use metric units or decimal multiples for length, height, weight, and volume. Show temperature in degrees Celsius, blood pressure in millimeters of mercury, and volume (liquid and gas) in milliliters, not cubic centimeters.
Abbreviations and Symbols Avoid nonstandard abbreviations. Use the full term for an abbreviation or symbol on first reference, unless it is a standard unit of measure.
Electronic Submissions When the manuscript is accepted for publication, author will be required to send a Windows-compatible or Macintosh diskette. Please label diskette with name and version of word processing software used.
Checklist for Authors Arrange materials in the following order: Cover letter (include name, home and work addresses, home and work telephone numbers, fax number, and e-mail address of corresponding author) Authorship, Financial Disclosure, Copyright Transfer, and Acknowledgment Form (2 copies on separate sheets, signed and dated Brief (1 to 2 sentences) biography of each author (typed double-spaced; 2 copies).
Submit 2 complete sets of manuscript components: Title page (separate sheet, double-spaced) includes: Title of manuscript Name, professional credentials, institutional or academic affiliation(s), city and state of all authors in the order intended for publication Key words for indexing: 3 to 5 search terms Text of manuscript (number as page 1; double-spaced) Summary of Key Points (include as numbered page; double-spaced on separate sheet) References (include as numbered pages; double-spaced on separate sheet; follow reference style described in these guidelines) Acknowledgments, disclaimers, sources of financial support (double-spaced) Tables (double-spaced, 1 per page; numbered consecutively; include title for each) Figure legends (separate sheet; double-spaced) Illustrations (1 per page; number and label on back); originals and 3 copies enclosed in protective envelope Permissions to publish identifiable persons in photographs, copyrighted materials and any material not belonging to author (2 copies) A CD or disk that contains a single file of the complete manuscript, with all identifying information removed (ie, title page, running headers and footers, file properties, and acknowledgment (2 copies)
Editorial Board
Editor JoAnn Grif Alspach, RN, MSN, EdD
Editorial Board THOMAS AHRENS, RN, DNS, CCRN, CS Clinical Specialist/Research Scientist, Nursing Department Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis, Mo
SUSAN D. BELL, RN, MS, CNRN, CNP Nurse Practitioner, Neurosurgery Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus , Ohio
SUZETTE CARDIN, RN, DNSc, CNAA Adjunct Assistant Proessor, Graduate Nursing Administration Program UCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles, Calif
BONNIE M. JENNINGS, RN, DNSc Col, US Army Nurse Corps, Deputy Director, Health Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs/TRICARE Management Activity
SUSAN G. OSGUTHORPE, RN, MS, CNA Clinical Support Manager, Specialty Care Center Salt Lake City Veterans Administration Medical Center, Utah
GLENNA TRAIGER, RN, MSN, CCRN CV Clinical Nurse Specialist Pulmonary HTN Coordinator USC University Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif
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Publishing Director: ELLEN FRENCH Managing Editor: REBECKA RYAN Art and Production Director: LeROY HINTON Copy Editors: BARBARA HALLIBURTON, PhD, and KATIE SPILLER, MS Staff Writer: CATHY DUNN Clinical Adviser: KATIE SCHATZ Book Review Editor: LINDA BELL Circulation: SAM STRAIN Graphic Artist: MATTHEW EDENS Publishing Associate: SAM MARSELLA
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