Call for PapersThis link opens in a new windowAACN Advanced Critical Care, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2024 Dec-2025 Feb, Pages 375-375AACN Advanced Critical Care is seeking manuscripts on topics of interest to advanced practice nurses, experienced bedside nurses, and clinical and academic critical care educators who care for critical or acute care patients. Submissions will be p...
Acknowledgment of ReviewersThis link opens in a new windowAACN Advanced Critical Care, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2024 Dec-2025 Feb, Pages 374-374Special thanks to those individuals who provided peer review of journal manuscripts during 2024. Kimberly D. Acquaviva, PhD, MSW, CSE, FNAP Marian Altman, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, CCRN Laura Andrews, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC Lolade Stacy Bakare, PharmD Glenn A. B...
Climate Change: Time for Hospitals to RespondThis link opens in a new windowAACN Advanced Critical Care, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2024 Dec-2025 Feb, Pages 320-324 | Pate, Mary Frances D., PhD, RNABSTRACTAlarm bells are sounding internationally as climate change impacts planet Earth and its inhabitants. Health care organizations must consider the role they play in working toward environmental sustainability in terms of mitigation, resilien...
Anticoagulation Reversal ManagementThis link opens in a new windowAACN Advanced Critical Care, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2024 Dec-2025 Feb, Pages 293-299 | Montgomery, Emily, PharmD; Chappell, Alyssa, PharmD, BCPSCriteria for Classifying Major and Nonmajor Bleeds a CE Evaluation Instructions Discuss anticoagulation reversal agents. Review criteria for anticoagulation reversal. Summarize recommendations for anticoagulation reversal agent selection. Contact ...
Critical Care Clinicians’ Knowledge of Post–Intensive Care SyndromeThis link opens in a new windowAACN Advanced Critical Care, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2024 Dec-2025 Feb, Pages 3300-3306, e1-e2 | Lobos, Patricia G., SN; Nairon, Emerson B., BSA; Denbow, Maria, BA, CCRP;...ABSTRACTBackgroundThe term post–intensive care syndrome refers to a group of symptoms that commonly occur after intensive care unit discharge, leading to worsening physical or mental health. The incidence of this syndrome is increasing. Critical c...
Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability in Acute and Critical CareThis link opens in a new windowAACN Advanced Critical Care, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2024 Dec-2025 Feb, Pages 308-309 | Pate, Mary Frances D., PhD, RN; Slota, Margaret, DNP, RN, CNS, FAANIn 2006, former Vice President Al Gore offered a clarion call for climate action in the book and documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Almost 20 years later, faced with rising global temperatures and concern from climate scientists, some Americans st...
Climate-Related Emergencies in PregnancyThis link opens in a new windowAACN Advanced Critical Care, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2024 Dec-2025 Feb, Pages 343-352 | Atkin, Kathryn, DNP, WHNP-BC, ANP-BC; Simmonds, Katherine, PhD, MPH, RN, WHNP-BC, FAANABSTRACTClimate change affects human health broadly and is leading to poor population health outcomes in a number of areas. Among pregnant people specifically, it can contribute to greater risk of health complications. Certain populations are more...
Transforming the Work Environment: A Different Approach to Combating Nurse BurnoutThis link opens in a new windowAACN Advanced Critical Care, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2024 Dec-2025 Feb, Pages 359-361 | Ani, Evangeline, PhD, RN, NE-BCThe urgent need to prioritize the health and well-being of nurses has come to the forefront of the health care agenda due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which compounded the existing burnout problem and exposed the flaws and vulnerabilities in the publ...
Evidence-Based Practice in Pediatric Critical Care NursingThis link opens in a new windowAACN Advanced Critical Care, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2024 Dec-2025 Feb, Pages 362-365 | Barnes, Christina, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PCIn the mid-1900s, British epidemiologist Dr Archie Cochrane noticed that thousands of premature infants were dying despite the availability of a proven treatment. Multiple randomized controlled trials supported the use of corticosteroid therapy du...
Critical Care Nursing Response to the Maui Wildfire Disaster: Narrative Review and Case StudyThis link opens in a new windowAACN Advanced Critical Care, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2024 Dec-2025 Feb, Pages 334-342, e1-e1 | Quarry, Christin, MSN, RN, PHN; Slota, Margaret, DNP, RN, CNS, FAANABSTRACTClimate change has increased the frequency and severity of natural disasters, including the 2023 wildfires in Maui, Hawai‘i. The no-notice disaster affected hospital operations at the sole acute care hospital that serves the community, req...
Climate Change and Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Precarious RelationshipThis link opens in a new windowAACN Advanced Critical Care, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2024 Dec-2025 Feb, Pages 325-333 | Munro, Nancy, RN, MN, ACNP-BC, FAANPABSTRACTClimate change is apparent. Temperatures are rising. Floods are more frequent and devastating. Climate changes can favor the development of emerging infectious diseases. The number of animal reservoirs and vector hosts can increase, furthe...
Phases of Suffering: A Roadmap for Moral RepairThis link opens in a new windowAACN Advanced Critical Care, Volume 35, Issue 4, 2024 Dec-2025 Feb, Pages 366-373 | Rushton, Cynda Hylton, PhD, RN, FAANPhases of suffering according to Reich. The ethical conundrums that arise in the care of critically ill people are diverse, complex, and challenging. They can involve value conflicts around goals of care or inadequate informed consent, allocation ...
