Critical care nurse
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Critical care nurse · Oct 2024
Using a Military-Civilian Partnership to Enhance Clinical Readiness and Sustainment for Air Force Critical Care Nurses.
Decreases in size, capability, clinical volumes, case mixes, and complex care opportunities in military treatment facilities contribute to the atrophy of clinical skills among medical professionals in these facilities. ⋯ This article highlights the importance of evaluating clinical practice within the military health system, developing military-civilian partnerships, and removing military-civilian partnership barriers for nurses and other health care professionals. Failure to implement military-civilian partnerships may adversely affect the clinical competency of the military nurse force.
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Critical care nurse · Oct 2024
Strengthening the Psychological Health and Readiness of Military Critical Care Nurses for Disaster and Future Combat Environments.
Critical care nursing is a highly dynamic and demanding field, and critical care nurses play a vital role in the US military health care system. Although many critical care nurses are resilient to myriad occupational exposures, for some nurses the job leads to adverse psychological effects, including compassion fatigue and burnout. ⋯ Implementation considerations (including those in the context of disaster response) and future battlefield are discussed. Ultimately, supporting the psychological health of the US military's critical care nurse force is vital to ensure their well-being, the readiness of our armed forces, and the security of our nation.
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Advances in fire safety and building construction have made fires in modern health care facilities uncommon and easily contained. Therefore, emergent hospital evacuations resulting from an internal fire are rare. ⋯ Obstacles encountered during the evacuation process included difficulties with communication and confirming patient count in a timely manner. This article describes the emergent hospital evacuation during the fire, summarizes the subsequent reflections of a multiagency after-action review, and issues a call to action for further research and publication on emergency patient evacuation.