AACN adds research reviews from Cochrane Collaboration in Critical Care Nurse journal

Aug 2 2013

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) adds research reviews from The Cochrane Collaboration as a regular department in its clinical practice journal, Critical Care Nurse.

Three times a year, Critical Care Nurse (CCN) will publish summaries of Cochrane Reviews that translate valid and reliable research into implications for critical care nursing practice.

This month, CCN's first Cochrane Review Summary discusses the effectiveness of intravenous N-acetylcysteine for treating critically ill patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) or sepsis in the intensive care unit. Subsequent research summaries will be published in the December and April issues.

As AACN's bimonthly clinical practice journal for high acuity, progressive and critical care nurses, CCN is a trusted source for information related to the bedside care of critically and acutely ill patients.

"Our partnership with The Cochrane Collaboration allows us to provide our readers with even more research-related content," said CCN Editor Grif Alspach, RN, MSN, EdD. "Our readers can now find summaries of specially selected Cochrane Reviews on the pages of Critical Care Nurse or our website."

The Cochrane Collaboration is an international network of more than 28,000 scientists and healthcare professionals from 100 countries. The independent, nonprofit organization produces, updates and disseminates systematic reviews of research on the effectiveness of healthcare therapies to enable healthcare professionals to make informed decisions based on the latest accumulated scientific evidence.

Each year, The Cochrane Collaboration completes and updates hundreds of research reviews and publishes them in its online collection of searchable databases. Its Cochrane Nursing Care Field, a work group with more than 1,200 members, selects Cochrane Reviews relevant to evidence-based nursing care and develops summaries to be published in leading nursing journals such as CCN.

SOURCE American Association of Critical-Care Nurses