This work provides critical care nurses with everything they need to prepare for the CCRN exam. The new edition now combines the test questions with the text, enabling users to read a section, then take a test on that material without having to purchase a second book to practice taking the exam.
Thomas S. Ahrens, RN, MSN, DNSc
BJC Health Care
Center for Nursing Research
4444 Forest Park Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63108
Thomas S. Ahrens, RN, MSN, DNSc, is a Research Scientist at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He has extensively published, including 5 books and over 100 papers. He has lectured both nationally and internationally on critical care topics. In 2006 he was selected as an Edge Runner by the Academy, which is designated for those people who are developing innovative solutions that eventually become mainstream solutions, for his work with families of hospitalized patients. In 2008 Dr. Ahrens was awarded the "Flame of Excellence" award from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses for sustained and influential work in critical care
Donna Prentice, RN, AMSN(R), ACNS-BC, CCRN is a Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. Responsible for the standards of care in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Surgical and Trauma Intensive Care Unit, critical care education, critical care policy and procedure, developed critical care skills/competency validation, clinical consultation, staff development, nursing research and evaluatin of critical care products.