Critical care nurse
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Critical care nurse · Apr 2015
ReviewBedside nurses leading the way for falls prevention: an evidence-based approach.
Incidence and characteristics of patient falls and fall prevention programs have been a topic of interest in the literature; however, few articles on fall reduction strategies written by staff nurses have been published. Falls in hospitalized patients are serious threats to patient safety. According to Morse, sequelae of falls are the second leading cause of death in the United States. ⋯ A fall is the most reported safety incident in inpatients and occurs in all adult clinical areas. Accidental falls are among the most common incidents reported in hospitals and occur in approximately 2% of all hospital stays. Growing evidence indicates that falls occurring in the hospital can be reduced with planning and intervention techniques
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Critical care nurse · Apr 2015
Nurse-physician collaboration and hospital-acquired infections in critical care.
Nurse-physician collaboration may be related to outcomes in health care-associated infections. OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between nurse-physician collaboration and health care-associated infections in critically ill adults. ⋯ Nurse-physician collaboration was significantly related to health care-associated infections.
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Critical care nurse · Apr 2015
Comparative Study Observational StudyPrognostic value of initial elevation in cardiac troponin I level in critically ill patients without acute coronary syndrome.
Cardiac troponin I levels are often obtained to help rule out acute coronary syndrome. ⋯ Critically ill patients without acute coronary syndrome with elevated levels of cardiac troponin I at admission had higher mortality and more intubations than did control patients.