Critical care nursing (CCN) is a growing field. Unfortunately, the number of available nurses is not growing fast enough to meet the demand. The shortage of critical care nurses can be seen in the increased incentive packages and bonuses being offered for jobs in this field. So, what is critical care nursing? First it is [...]
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Critical Care Nurse?
January 12th, 2011 
lia The critical-care nurse has the role to help the patients who need the difficult assessment, the high intensity therapies, and continuous care. This nurse will need special knowledge, skills, and experience to give the patient and the family’s member the right treatment. It is also important that a critical care nurse can create the right [...]
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
December 10th, 2010 lia Did you know that there is a HUGE organization dedicated to ensuring consistency and excellence in the critical care practice? I didn’t either, but after reading about them, they are absolutely amazing. The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is the largest organization of its kind. Operating in 80 countries, there are 14,000 members that [...]
