The Advanced Practitioner in Acute, Emergency and Critical Care

Dedicated text for trainee and newly-qualified Advanced Practitioners specialising in acute, emergency and critical care

Aligned with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) regulatory body requirements, this formative text is the first of its kind, covering a variety of key topics for advanced practitioners working in acute, emergency and critical care.

Written by experienced advanced practitioners and academics closely involved in the delivery of both the clinical and academic components of advanced practice training programmes, The Advanced Practitioner in Acute, Emergency and Critical Care presents:

• Complex decision making, covering legal and ethical frameworks (including patient safety), communication skills and breaking bad news, and end of life care
• Diagnosis and management of patients, covering radiology, principles of point of care ultrasound (PoCUS), laboratory tests and prescribing
• Resuscitation and first stage management of the critically unwell, advanced resuscitation skills, shock, intra- and inter-hospital transfers, and organ donation
• History taking, physical examination, and consultation models
• Learning support with accreditation considerations boxes, clinical investigations, examination scenarios, pharmacology boxes, pathological and psychological considerations, social and cultural considerations, case studies, self-assessment questions, and more

Utilising a multi-professional and inclusive framework of advanced level practice, this is an essential resource for all trainee and newly-qualified advanced practitioners. The text also serves as an excellent classroom aid for lecturers teaching advanced practice courses.

The Editors

Sadie Diamond-Fox is an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (FICM ACCP Member) at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals and Strategic Lead for Advanced Practice Programmes; Assistant Professor in Advanced Critical Care Practice (Fellow - HEA), and a PhD Candidate (‘ImpACCPt’ Study) at Northumbria University, UK.

Barry Hill is an Associate Professor of Nursing Science and Critical Care at Northumbria University, UK. He is a certified Advanced Practitioner (MSc), Independent and Supplementary Prescriber (V300), and Senior Fellow (SFHEA) with AdvanceHE. Barry is a Commissioning Editor for the British Journal of Nursing, and a Consultant Editor for the International Journal for Advancing Practice.

Sonya Stone is an Associate Professor of Advanced Clinical Practice and Director of Postgraduate Education and CPD in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham. She is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Cardiac Intensive Care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Clinical Lead for eICM at the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.

Caroline McCrea is an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner at Portsmouth University Hospital Trust.

Natalie Gardner is the Trust Clinical Lead for Advanced Clinical Practice and Non-Medical Prescribing at King’s College Hospital in London and works clinically as an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner. Natalie is the Co-Chair for the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine ACCP Sub-Committee, and also serves as an Officer in the British Army Reserves.

Angela Roberts is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner within Southern Health NHS Trust. She is a certified ACCP (FICM ACCP Member), Independent and Supplementary Prescriber and Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP).