Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

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CONSULTING EDITOR SUZANNE S. PREVOST, PhD, RN, CNAA, Chair for Nursing Excellence, Middle Tennessee State University, School for Nursing, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

EDITORIAL BOARD RUTH KLEINPELL, PhD, RN, ACNP, FAAN, Associate Professor, Department of Adult Health Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois STEPHEN D. KRAU, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro; and Staff Nurse, Coronary Care Unit, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee JANE LESKE, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin CAROL A. RAUEN, MS, RN, CCRN, Instructor, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC PAMELA RUDISILL, MSN, RN, CCRN, Associate Executive Director of Nursing, Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, Mooresville, North Carolina MARILYN SAWYER SOMMERS, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio CATHY J. THOMPSON, PhD, RN, CCRN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado MARITA TITLER, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director of Nursing Research, Quality and Outcomes Management, Department of Nursing Services, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa MICHAEL WILLIAMS, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan

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