The ICU Nurse’s Survival Guide

The ICU Nurse’s Survival Guide

check_circle Color-coded visual breakdowns of sedatives, analgesics, and vasoactive drips, with CPOT and RASS scales, titration windows, and receptor tables

check_circle Heavy-tabbed, spiral-bound, full-color reference, with everything organized in one place for the bedside

check_circle Made for new grad nurses, orientees, and nurses moving from Med-Surg or rehab into critical care

check_circle Edition 2.0: skip the boring black-and-white text and walk into every shift organized

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NEW TO ICU: A Visual Guide to Critical Care Nursing (Edition 2.0) is a full-color, spiral-bound reference with heavy, labeled tabs, so you can flip straight to the section you need.

Instead of dense, boring black-and-white text, you get visual breakdowns and color-coded tables, including:

• Analgesics & Sedatives: CPOT and RASS scales, titration windows, and how drugs like propofol and Precedex compare
• Vasoactive Pharmacodynamics: receptor tables and drip basics
• Continuous Infusions: the continuous drip mechanics and titration rules you actually use at the bedside
• High-risk topics like spontaneous awakening and breathing trials, respiratory depression, and propofol infusion syndrome (PRIS)

Everything is organized in one place, so you spend less time hunting for information and more time prepared.

This guide is made for working bedside nurses in critical care. That includes new grad nurses starting in the ICU or SICU, nurses in a fellowship or preceptorship program, and nurses transitioning from Med-Surg or acute rehab into critical care.

If you've ever felt overwhelmed by information overload in your first weeks, or frozen when your preceptor asked a question, this guide was built for you. It's not NCLEX prep. It's for real shifts at the bedside.

No. Orientation, your preceptor, and your hospital's protocols are what teach you your unit. This guide is the visual reference you use alongside them, to understand the why behind the drips and sedation and to feel prepared when you're on your own.

It is an educational resource. Always follow your facility's policies, provider orders, and your own clinical judgment.

We offer a straightforward 30-day return policy. If for any reason you're not happy with the book, reach out and we will take care of it. No hassle, no awkward questions.

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Orientation Shows You the Unit. It Isn't Enough to Get Through the Steep Learning Curve.

Your first weeks in the ICU come with information overload: sedation goals, titratable drips, high-alert medications, and a preceptor who asks a question the moment you least expect it. Many of us learned half of it the hard way.

This guide gives you the visual breakdowns, titration rules, and continuous drip mechanics you need at the bedside, so you can walk into every shift prepared instead of scrambling.

Skip the Boring Black-and-White Textbooks.

Textbooks and overwhelming drug guides are thorough, but they're hard to use when you have minutes. This guide is built to be seen, not just read: color-coded charts, receptor and dosing tables, and clean visual breakdowns on every page.

Heavy tabs let you flip straight to Analgesics & Sedatives, Vasoactive Pharmacodynamics, or Continuous Infusions. Never freeze when your preceptor asks a question. Walk into every shift with every critical protocol organized in one place.

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No. NEW TO ICU is an educational reference. It does not replace your facility's policies and protocols, provider orders, your scope of practice, or your own clinical judgment. Always verify medications, doses, and protocols against your unit's current guidelines.

NEW TO ICU: A Visual Guide to Critical Care Nursing (Edition 2.0) is a printed, full-color, spiral-bound guide with heavy tabs, delivered straight to your door. It's built to live on your desk or in your work bag. It is not a digital download.

New grads are the main audience, but it's also for nurses in a fellowship or preceptorship program and experienced nurses moving from Med-Surg or acute rehab into the ICU or SICU. If you're new to critical care, it's for you.

We stand behind this book completely. If for any reason you're not satisfied, simply reach out within 30 days of receiving your order and we will sort it out for you with no hassle and no awkward questions asked.