Clinical Wisdom and Interventions in Critical Care:
A Thinking-In-Action Approach.

Patricia Benner, PhD, RN, FAAN
Patricia Hooper-Kyriakidis, PhD, RN
Daphne Stannard, PhD, RN

Winner of three AJN Book of the Year Awards: Nursing Research; Nursing Education; Advanced Practice Nursing.

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This book presents a way of thinking about clinical inquiry and experiential learning in clinical practice. It describes the major domains of nursing practice for critically ill patients based upon a research study of 205 critical care nurses. Strategies for teaching clinical judgment and critical thinking are presented. Central areas of experiential learning required for expert clinical judgment in critical care nursing practice are described.

This book will be of interest to practicing critical care nurses and nursing students (undergraduate and graduate) who are preparing to work with acutely or chronically critically ill patients and families. It is also designed for nurse educators who are teaching critical care nursing practice or critical thinking and clinical judgment in nursing practice.

"This is not an ordinary, well-done, accurate text on critical care nursing; it is, instead, a lavishly detailed guide to the essence of clinical thinking. This is a book which will stand the test of time."

Joan E. Lynaugh, PhD, RN, FAAN.

W.B. Saunders Company
A Division of Harcourt Brace & Company
Published, 1999 by W.B. Saunders.