Eileen Gallen Bademan, BSN, RN

A Daybook for Critical Care Nurses offers day-by-day inspiration with quotes, ideas, and clinical tips. Journaling space allows for recording daily meditations and reflections. You’ll also find monthly essays and clinical pearls on topics including

• Compassion
• Moral distress
• Leadership
• Gratitude
• Novice nurses
• What it means to be a critical care nurse

Compiled in conjunction with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), these entries will encourage and renew, drawing from the deep well of experience gained from life in the critical care community.

About the Author

Eileen Gallen Bademan, BSN, RN, has been a nurse, editor, and writer for more than 20 years. She has served as clinical manager for drug information products at Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and editorial manager for American Nurse Today.

Advance Praise for A Daybook for Critical Care Nurses

“A Daybook for Critical Care Nurses nourishes the nurse’s mind and soul by providing reflections, quotes from our colleagues, opportunities for daily journaling, and clinical pearls. It’s the perfect gift for you or the special nurse in your life.”

–Maureen F. Cooney, DNP, FNP-BC, CCRN
Nurse Practitioner
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, New York

“Through reflection and renewal, A Daybook for Critical Care Nurses encourages us to celebrate our powerful accomplishments while continually striving for the best in nursing practice.”

–Ellen M. Harvey, MN, RN, CCRN, CNS
Trauma Nurse Specialist
Carilion Clinic
Roanoke, Virginia

“A Daybook for Critical Care Nurses offers a wonderful way for nurses to focus daily on our own well being.”

–Cindy L. Munro, RN, ANP, PhD, FAAN
Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing
Richmond, Virginia
Coeditor, American Journal of Critical Care

“Reflecting on experiences and on the wisdom that comes from experienced leaders in our discipline each day is an important strategy for thriving in our profession.”

–Kathleen Dracup, RN, DNSc, FNP
Dean
School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco

“Although the focus of this Daybook may not make us better clinicians by helping us to calculate cardiac output, it will make us better people because of the focus and reflection it offers. Some quotes are thought provoking, some are encouraging, some recognize our “human-ness,” and some share the humor of the nursing world. Similar books may be available on the market, but this book clearly articulates the contributions of acute and critical care nurses and therefore provides added value.”

–Reviewed by Linda Bell RN, MSN
AACN’s Critical Care Nurse Journal

This book is also available as an e-book (electronic format).

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