Cover Article:

Terry Reilly and Diane Humbrecht

Fostering Synergy: A Nurse-Managed Remote Telemetry Model
The authors summarize the development, successful implementation, and nurse management of a remote telemetry service that uses the AACN Synergy Model as the framework.
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 22-33 [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]  

Clinical Articles:

Barb Maule Chesnutt and Bridget Everhart

Meeting the Needs of Graduate Nurses in Critical Care Orientation: Staged Orientation Program in Surgical Intensive Care
A unit-based staged orientation program was used as an adjunct to the graduate nurse residency program at a surgical ICU. The authors describe the implementation and outcomes of this orientation program.
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 36-51 [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]  

Krista A. White and Lisa A. Ruth-Sahd

Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia
The authors define BOOP and present its epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, differential diagnosis, diagnostic studies, and treatment and describe nursing interventions.
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 53-66 [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]  

Editorials:

Grif Alspach

Critical Care Nurses as Coworkers: Are Our Interactions Nice or Nasty?
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 10-14 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ask the Experts:

Laura M. Criddle

Ask the Experts
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 78-81 [Full Text] [PDF]  

In Our Unit:

James Barringer

Electrocardiography Course Revisions: Improve Students’ Test Scores
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 88-87 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corrections:

Corrections
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 20 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Mary Lou Wieliczka

My experience of being present during resuscitation
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 17 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robin Wollard

Chocolate and our heart
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 17-18 [Full Text] [PDF]  

William J. Ward, Jr, Kim Thomas, Mary Force, Debbie Rasmussen, Dee Dodd, and Susan Whildin

Financial effect of rapid response teams
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 18-19 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Name witheld, Kim Thomas, Mary Force, Debbie Rasmussen, Dee Dodd, and Susan Whildin

Portrayal of telemetry nurses
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 19 [Full Text] [PDF]  

David S. Castelan and Denise M. Lemke

Sympathetic storming in acute conditions
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 19-20 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Feature:

Beth T. Ulrich, Dana Woods, Karen A. Hart, Ramón Lavandero, John Leggett, and Diane Taylor

Critical Care Nurses’ Work Environments Value of Excellence in Beacon Units and Magnet Organizations
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 68-77 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

Laura Kierol-Andrews

End-of-Life Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 82-83 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Education Directory:

Education Directory
Crit Care Nurse 2007 27(3) 86 [Full Text] [PDF]