Advances in Nursing: Critical Care and Chronic Illness

Dear Colleagues,

Advanced nursing practice is essential to the management of critically ill patients and guiding recovery beyond intensive care contexts. Recent developments in critical care nursing have significantly enhanced patient survival, safety, and overall quality of care in high-acuity settings. At the same time, the increasing number of patients surviving critical illness face long-term physical, cognitive, and psychological challenges, underscoring the need for nursing strategies that ensure continuity of care from the ICU to post-acute and community settings. These challenges highlight the importance of specialized clinical expertise, evidence-informed interventions, and structured rehabilitation programs to support comprehensive patient management.

This Special Issue will focus on the latest advances in nursing for critical care and chronic illness. We invite contributions that explore innovative interventions in intensive and acute care environments, strategies to optimize patient outcomes and safety, and approaches to facilitate post-ICU recovery and long-term management of chronic conditions. By integrating research evidence, clinical insights, and interdisciplinary perspectives, this Special Issue aims to emphasize the pivotal role of nursing in improving both immediate and long-term outcomes for patients throughout the trajectory of critical illness.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:

Innovative nursing interventions in high-acuity and intensive care settings;

Advanced critical care nursing practices and decision-making;

Nursing approaches to long-term physical, cognitive, and psychological recovery;

Evidence-based strategies for optimizing patient outcomes and safety;

Management of chronic illness in survivors of critical illness;

Interdisciplinary and integrated care models in critical and chronic care nursing.

Dr. Francesco Gravante
Guest Editor

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• critical care nursing
• intensive care unit (ICU) management
• post-intensive care syndrome (PICS)
• chronic illness management
• patient safety
• CRRT
• rehabilitation and recovery
• interdisciplinary care
• mechanical ventilation