CCN -- Table of Contents (June 1 2009, 29 [3])

Cover Article:

Judy E. Davidson: Family-Centered Care: Meeting the Needs of Patients’ Families and Helping Families Adapt to Critical Illness
Each family member’s own health may be affected by whether his or her needs are met and by the actions of the health care team.
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 28-34, doi: 10.4037/ccn2009611 [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]

Tara L. Sacco, Michael F. Stapleton, and Gail L. Ingersoll: Support Groups Facilitated by Families of Former Patients: Creating Family-Inclusive Critical Care Units
Improve communication with families of current patients.
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 36-45, doi: 10.4037/ccn2009265 [Full Text] [PDF]

Delores Privette Nelson and Gerald Plost: Registered Nurses as Family Care Specialists in the Intensive Care Unit
A model for how to meet the emergent needs of families of critically ill patients.
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 46-52, doi: 10.4037/ccn2009890 [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]

Debra A. Pelletier: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reducing Door-to-Balloon Time in a Community Hospital
What is the standard of care for patients with ST-segment myocardial infarction?
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 54-64, doi: 10.4037/ccn2009216 [Full Text] [PDF]

Susan S. Scott and Sheila Elliott: Implementation of a Rapid Response Team: A Success Story
The planning, implementation, and evaluation process of a successful rapid response team.
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 66-75, doi: 10.4037/ccn2009802 [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]

Marlene Kramer, Claudia Schmalenberg, Patricia Maguire, Barbara B. Brewer, Rebecca Burke, Linda Chmielewski, Karen Cox, Janice Kishner, Mary Krugman, Diana Meeks-Sjostrom, and Mary Waldo: Walk the Talk: Promoting Control of Nursing Practice and a Patient-Centered Culture
How clinical nurses can operationalize the walk aspect of the talk, the values and beliefs inherent in control of nursing practice and a patient-centered culture.
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 77-93, doi: 10.4037/ccn2009586 [Full Text] [PDF]

Grif Alspach: Handing Off Critically Ill Patients to Family Caregivers: What Are Your Best Practices?
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 12-22, doi: 10.4037/ccn2009467 [Full Text] [PDF]

Elizabeth Bridges and Karen Thomas: Noninvasive Measurement of Body Temperature in Critically Ill Patients
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 94-97, doi: 10.4037/ccn2009132 [Full Text] [PDF]

Tracy Ann Pasek, Leigh Ann Lefcakis, Catherine Kerr O’Malley, Jodi Licata, and Pamela Jackson: Power in Documentation: An eProgress Note for APNs
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 104-102, doi: 10.4037/ccn2009667 [Full Text] [PDF]

Catherine F. Ryan: Use of the term "narcotic"
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 26, doi: 10.4037/ccn2009955 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jennifer E. Helms and Claudia P. Barone: The authors respond
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 26, doi: 10.4037/ccn2009503 [Full Text] [PDF]

Linda Bell: Procedures in Critical Care
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 98, doi: 10.4037/ccn2009244 [Full Text] [PDF]

: "I’m Sorry to Hear That . . ." Real-Life Responses to Patients’ 101 Most Common Complaints About Health Care
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 98-99 [Full Text] [PDF]

: Tales From the Pager Chronicles
Crit Care Nurse 2009 29(3) 99 [Full Text] [PDF]