Schell-Chaple, Hildy

ICU clinicians commonly administer fever management interventions to patients with infection and sepsis. This article reviews recent evidence related to the impact of fever suppression interventions, such as pharmacologic antipyretics and physical cooling.

Glasofer, Amy; Laskowski-Jones, Linda

Critical care nurses need to be prepared to care for the victims of a mass shooting. This article reviews survival and hemorrhage control recommendations as well as hospital preparedness lessons learned by facilities that have previously experienced this type of emergency.

Vacca, Vincent M. Jr.

Acquired autoimmune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is life threatening if left untreated. Learn how to recognize this hematologic disease early so that therapeutic plasma exchange can begin as soon as possible.

Pusey-Reid, Eleonor

Prematurely discharging patients from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) can lead to poor patient outcomes. To achieve optimal patient outcomes, nurses need to be familiar with evidence-based practices surrounding safe patient discharge from the PACU.