• Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Sep 2008

    Hypothermic coma: catapulting evidence-based research into everyday practice.

    • Lynn Smith Schnautz and Dawn Rowley.
    • Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, IN, USA. lynn_schnautz@deaconess.com
    • Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2008 Sep 1;20(3):321-6.

    AbstractNurses using Rosswurm and Larrabee's conceptual model are guided through a systematic approach to translating evidence-based research into everyday clinical practice. Based on research outcomes, a protocol for hypothermic coma to be used on patients after cardiac arrest was developed at a Midwest hospital. This article presents a case study explaining the use of the protocol and identifies research outcomes.

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