White and Tait provide a much-needed introduction to the complex field of critical care nursing. Reacting to different inquiries into standards of care, White and Tait's humanizing approach to critical care places equal emphasis on the head, hand, and heart to show how each maps to knowledge, evidence, and ethics. The book's depths of clinical knowledge is built through extended care studies of critically ill patients with a variety of needs. This breadth, along with the authors' unique approach prepares students for assignments in critical care, clinical decision-making and practice--From publisher's description.