Most new ICU nurses learn the hard way. You don't have to.
A visual guide to critical care nursing built for new grads and ICU transfers.
Vents, drips, waveforms, gases — the stuff you'll be asked about before you've had your first coffee.
What You'll Be Able to Do After This Book
Read the Waveforms
Spot over-, under-, and appropriately dampened art lines at a glance
Run the Drips
Titrate vasopressors and continuous infusions with confidence
Decode the Gases
ABGs and VBGs broken down visually, not buried in text
Walk in Prepared
Neuro, cardiac, respiratory, and invasive monitoring in one place
Walk Onto The Unit Knowing What You're Looking At
The ICU is the kind of place where you're expected to know things before anyone has the time to sit down and explain them. Your preceptor is busy. Your patient is unstable. The monitor is alarming and someone is asking you what your plan is.
New to ICU® 2.0 was built for that exact moment — a visual guide that turns the concepts you're supposed to "just know" into something you can actually see, recognize, and apply at the bedside.
Drips, vents, gases, waveforms, neuro checks, invasive lines. Broken down the way they should have been taught the first time.
Whether you're a new grad starting orientation or a nurse transferring from another unit, this is the resource that makes the learning curve feel less like a cliff.
The kind of reference you'll keep in your bag for your first full year on the unit and still reach for on shift.