Evidence-Based Practice of Critical Care, Second Edition, Section B

Course overview

Evidence-Based Practice of Critical Care was written by critical care experts for physicians. Content Expert Gail Logan, MSN, CCRN, ANP-BC, who selected the text for us and wrote the quizzes, explained why she selected it: "It is appropriate for critical care nurses. The material is definitely not for novice critical care nurses. The appeal to this book is the amount of evidence-based information that it covers. Too much of what we do is based on how we have always practiced, which may not always be best practice. Although it may be geared toward physicians, it is also valuable to critical care nurses. There is some information that nurses won’t care about, for example the specific techniques of reading ultrasounds, but I did not ask questions on that type of information. Most of the information that nurses and physicians need to know to take care of patients overlap. This book definitely has a purpose, especially for nurses who want to know what the evidence is behind what they are doing. The more nurses understand, the better decisions they can make at the bedside."