Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialists: Synergy for Best Practices

Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialists: Synergy for Best Practices

Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialists: Best Practices presents the knowledge and tools the CNS needs to provide the best standards of practice and performance. It focuses on the role of the CNS in acute and critical care, emphasizing the relationship between critical care nursing, the patient, and the environment of care. Divided into 3 main sections, the framework of the book is based on the Scope and Standards of Practice for the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Acute and Critical Care and the AACN's synergy model. This book delivers up-to-date information for today's health care along with practical tools for the CNS in acute and critical care settings.


Table of Contents:
Foreword
Preface

Part I The CNS in Acute and Critical Care

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Chapter 1: Evolution of the CNS in Acute and Critical Care
Mary G. McKinley

Chapter 2: From Novice to Expert: CNS Competencies
Deborah G. Klein

Chapter 3: Synergy Model: Guiding the Practice of the CNS in Acute and Critical Care
Roberta Kaplow

Chapter 4: Spheres of Influence: Defining the Impact of the CNS
Kathleen Vollman and Brenda Lyons

Part II Dimensions of Practice for the CNS in Acute and Critical Care: Synergy in Motion

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Chapter 5: Clinical Judgment
Marla J. De Jong

Chapter 6: Clinical Inquiry
Christine Schulman

Chapter 7: Facilitator of Learning
Karen K. Carlson

Chapter 8: Collaboration
Jan Foster

Chapter 9: Systems Thinking
Mary Fran Tracy and Ruth Lindquist

Chapter 10: Advocacy/moral agency
Linda J. Bell and Ramon Lavandaro

Chapter 11: Caring Practices
Elizabeth M. Nolan

Chapter 12: Response to Diversity
John F. Dixon, Jr.

Part III Professional Development of the CNS in Acute and Critical Care

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Chapter 13: Professional Growth
Mary Lou Sole

Chapter 14: Expanded Opportunities: The CNS as Entreprenueur
Marcia Bixby and Karen Giuliano

Chapter 15: Issues and Future Trends
Karla A. Knight, Connie Barden, and Gladys M. Campbell

Appendix

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A. Scope of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance for the Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
B. CCNS examination blueprint

Product Code: 128103

ISBN: 9781416001560

Authors: M. McKinley