Australian Critical Care
Official journal of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses(ACCCN)
Australian Critical Care is a peer-reviewed journal, providing clinically relevant research, reviews and articles of interest to our members. Australian Critical Care is published quarterly. Original contributions relevant to critical care nursing are invited. The editor welcomes manuscripts reporting original research or innovative practices and technologies, continuing education articles, descriptions of instructive case studies and editorials and book reviews sought by the editor. Authors may also contribute unsolicited editorials and book reviews by arrangement with the editor.
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Editor-in-Chief: Gavin Leslie RN PhD FACN
Impact factor: 0.973
Imprint: Elsevier
ISSN: 1036-7314
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Extracted from Scopus (on Sat Jan 5)Groves, N. | Tobin, A. High flow nasal oxygen generates positive airway pressure in adult volunteers Australian Critical Care, Volume 20, Issue 4, 2007-11-01, Pages 126-131 Fahimi, F. | Ariapanah, P. | Faizi, M. | Shafaghi, B. | Namdar, R. | Ardakani, M.T. Errors in preparation and administration of intravenous medications in the intensive care unit of a teaching hospital: An observational study Australian Critical Care, Volume 21, Issue 2, 2008-05-01, Pages 110-116 Endacott, R. | Kidd, T. | Chaboyer, W. | Edington, J. Recognition and communication of patient deterioration in a regional hospital: A multi-methods study Australian Critical Care, Volume 20, Issue 3, 2007-08-01, Pages 100-105 Williams, T.A. | Leslie, G.D. Beyond the walls: A review of ICU clinics and their impact on patient outcomes after leaving hospital Australian Critical Care, Volume 21, Issue 1, 2008-02-01, Pages 6-17 Ferrie, S. | East, V. Managing diarrhoea in intensive care Australian Critical Care, Volume 20, Issue 1, 2007-02-01, Pages 7-13 Hammond, J. | Salamonson, Y. | Davidson, P. | Everett, B. | Andrew, S. Why do women underestimate the risk of cardiac disease? A literature review Australian Critical Care, Volume 20, Issue 2, 2007-05-01, Pages 53-59 Hodge, A.N. | Marshall, A.P. Violence and aggression in the emergency department: A critical care perspective Australian Critical Care, Volume 20, Issue 2, 2007-05-01, Pages 61-67 Lin, F. | Chaboyer, W. | Wallis, M. A literature review of organisational, individual and teamwork factors contributing to the ICU discharge process Australian Critical Care, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2009-02-01, Pages 29-43 Marshall, A.P. | Currey, J. | Aitken, L.M. | Elliott, D. Key stakeholders' expectations of educational outcomes from Australian critical care nursing courses: A Delphi study Australian Critical Care, Volume 20, Issue 3, 2007-08-01, Pages 89-99 Mistarz, R. | Eliott, S. | Whitfield, A. | Ernest, D. Bedside nurse-patient interactions do not reliably detect delirium: An observational study Australian Critical Care, Volume 24, Issue 2, 2011-05-01, Pages 126-132 - View all items
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Quality, Safety and critical care nursing
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Sat Jan 51 Sharon McKinley | Doug Elliott Twenty-five years of critical care nursing scholarship in Australia Australian Critical Care, Available online 10 December 2012 2 Andrew Scanlon | Maria Murphy Medical futility in the care of non-competent terminally ill patient: Nursing perspectives and responsibilities Australian Critical Care, Available online 4 December 2012 3 Panagiotis Kiekkas | Diamanto Aretha | Nick Bakalis | Irini Karpouhtsi | Chris Marneras | George I. Baltopoulos Fever effects and treatment in critical care: Literature review Australian Critical Care, Available online 28 November 2012 4 Maria I. Castillo | Leanne M. Aitken | Marie L. Cooke Study protocol: Intensive care anxiety and emotional recovery (Icare)𢀔A prospective study Australian Critical Care, Available online 14 November 2012 5 Andrea Driscoll | Judy Currey | Marcia George | Patricia M. Davidson Changes in health service delivery for cardiac patients: Implications for workforce planning and patient outcomes Australian Critical Care, Available online 28 September 2012 6 Malcolm Elliott | Linda Worrall-Carter | Karen Page Factors contributing to adverse events after ICU discharge: A survey of liaison nurses Australian Critical Care, Available online 1 September 2012 7 Jeff Breeding | Susie Welch | Susan Whittam | Hergen Buscher | Fay Burrows | Carmen Frost | Maryke Jonkman | Nicola Mathews | Khai Shin Wong | Alison Wong Medication Error Minimization Scheme (MEMS) in an adult tertiary Intensive Care Unit (ICU) 2009𢀓2011 Australian Critical Care, Available online 13 August 2012 8 Joshua A. Allen | Judy Currey | Julie Considine Annual resuscitation competency assessments: A review of the evidence Australian Critical Care, Available online 25 July 2012 9 Naomi E. Hammond | Amy J. Spooner | Adrian G. Barnett | Amanda Corley | Peter Brown | John F. Fraser The effect of implementing a modified early warning scoring (MEWS) system on the adequacy of vital sign documentation Australian Critical Care, Available online 29 May 2012 10 Eva Åkerman | Anders Ersson | Bengt Fridlund | Karin Samuelson Preferred content and usefulness of a photodiary as described by ICU-patients𢀔A mixed method analysis Australian Critical Care, Available online 24 May 2012 - View all items
