Elsevier/MC Strategies Partners with American Association of Critical-Care Nurses to Launch Interactive, Online Pharmacology Course

Critical Care Pharmacology Course Promotes Patient and Drug Administration Safety

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 20, 2010 - Elsevier/MC Strategies (www.mcstrategies.com/), a
pioneer in providing e-learning solutions to more than 1,300 healthcare
organizations, has partnered with the American Association of Critical-Care
Nurses (AACN) to develop a series of online nursing courses. Today, AACN and
Elsevier/MC Strategies announced the first course in this series: AACN
Critical Care Pharmacology.

"Critical Care Pharmacology will provide significant benefits
to bedside clinicians and educators," said Justine Medina, RN, MSN, AACN
Director of Professional Practice and Programs. "Patient safety is paramount
to ensure the best outcome for critically ill patients. Critical Care
Pharmacology breaks new ground in online clinical education by integrating an
interdisciplinary framework to provide the requisite knowledge to support
safe administration of medications in the highly complex environment of
critical care."

Developed with expert consultation from the American
Association of Critical-Care Nurses in collaboration with the American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the interactive, online course
will help prepare nurses to safely administer drugs specific to critical care
patients. Users of the eight-lesson product can take advantage of continuing
nursing education contact hours offered through AACN and will engage and
learn through four key features, including "Ask the Pharmacist," "Safety
Alert," "Myth vs. Fact" and "What's the Evidence?" Presented in a case study
format that utilizes cutting-edge animations, Elsevier/MC Strategies designed
the course to encourage critical thinking skills with a real world
critical-care patient and clearly illustrate complicated concepts.

"Ensuring safe care of critically-ill patients receiving
high-alert drugs has long been a challenge," said Cindy Tryniszewski, RN, MSN
Executive Director, Clinical e-Learning, Elsevier/MC Strategies. "Working
alongside AACN and ASHP, we have delivered a high-quality product that
provides nurses with superior continuing education on how drugs work, why
drugs cause adverse effects, and what the implications are for patient care."

Among current challenges facing healthcare organizations is
the effort to provide safe, competent and quality care to critically ill
patients to ensure optimal outcomes. Critical Care Pharmacology effectively
meets this challenge, not only by offering in-depth education concerning
medication safety, best practices, and evidence-based interventions, but by
complying with The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals. A soon to
be released white paper from Elsevier/MC Strategies highlighting this topic
is titled "Education Options for Staff Development: Using a Blended Learning
Approach to Teach Critical Care Pharmacology". This white paper highlights
issues surrounding quality patient care as a direct result of best practices
in drug administration.

Additionally, Elsevier offers a collection of four powerful
online reference tools for nurses and allied health professionals. The
Mosby's Nursing Suite provides complete solutions to nursing staff, and
includes Mosby Nursing Skills, an online skills and procedures index; Mosby
Nursing Consult, a comprehensive online resource for nurses; and Mosby's
Index, a nursing and allied health journal abstracts and indexing database.
Mosby's eLearning promotes safe, quality, and accurate patient care through
high-quality, online continuing education.

Further information about Critical Care Pharmacology, future
courses within the series and the AACN-Elsevier/MC Strategies partnership can
be obtained during the National Teaching Institute and Critical Care
Exposition, May 15-20, in Washington, D.C.

About Elsevier/MC Strategies

Elsevier/MC Strategies provides organizational development, online
learning and clinical reference solutions to the healthcare industry. Since
1986, Elsevier/MC Strategies has had one objective - to advance healthcare by
bringing the highest quality professional education, clinical information and
organizational development tools to healthcare. Today over 1,500
organizations are using our Learning Management System (
www.mcstrategies.com/LMS/index.htm ) for the training and development
of 2.5 million nurses, financial managers, HIM professionals, medical coders,
and other healthcare professionals. Our trusted brands include Mosby's
Nursing Suite, Mosby's Imaging Suite and Educode, and we partner with leading
healthcare associations to develop market-leading knowledge development
solutions that promote competency and confidence in front line clinical,
revenue cycle and coding staff.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical
and medical information products and services. The company works in
partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more
than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet (www.thelancet.com) and Cell
(www.cell.com), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major
reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include
ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (www.scopus.com),
Reaxys (www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (www.mdconsult.com) and
Nursing Consult (www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance the
productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite
(www.scival.com) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (www.medai.com),
which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more
cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier
(www.elsevier.com) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part
of Reed Elsevier Group PLC (www.reedelsevier.com), a world-leading
publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier
PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam),
REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

About AACN

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, the world's
largest specialty nursing organization, has been serving the needs of nurses
caring for acutely- and critically-ill patients since 1969. Representing the
interests of more than 500,000 nurses, AACN is dedicated to creating a
healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and their families, where
acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution. AACN defines
acute and critical care nursing as the specialty within nursing that deals
with human responses to life-threatening health problems.

The purpose of AACN is to promote the health and welfare of
patients experiencing acute and critical illness or injury by advancing the
art and science of acute and critical care nursing and promoting environments
that facilitate comprehensive professional nursing practice. Through its
activities, the association seeks to

    - Provide leadership and leadership development within acute
      and critical care nursing.
    - Demonstrate responsiveness to issues and concerns raised by
      members or other interested parties.
    - Promote means to enhance affiliation and support networks for
      members and colleagues.
    - Operate effectively and efficiently with respect to human and
      financial resources.
    - Provide value and quality in all programs, activities, and
      products.

About ASHP

ASHP is a 35,000-member national professional association that represents
pharmacists who practice in hospitals, health maintenance organizations,
long-term care facilities, home care, and other components of health care
systems. ASHP is the only national organization of hospital and health-system
pharmacists and has a long history of improving medication use and enhancing
patient safety.

    Tom Reller
    Vice President, Global Corporate Relations, Elsevier
    +1-215-239-3508
    T.Reller@Elsevier.com

Tom Reller, Vice President, Global Corporate Relations, Elsevier, +1-215-239-3508, T.Reller at Elsevier.com