Critical care nurse
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Critical care nurse · Apr 2022
Increasing Nursing Documentation Efficiency With Wearable Sensors for Pressure Injury Prevention.
Documentation presents an overwhelming burden to bedside clinical nurses. Nurses must manually enter several hundred data points into electronic health record flow sheets, taking time from direct patient care and introducing opportunity for documentation errors. ⋯ Repositioning was documented more than 2.5 times as frequently with sensor technology as with manual data entry. Body position and reasons for delayed repositioning events were documented more completely with sensor technology. Automated documentation may improve the accuracy of electronic health records and reduce the documentation burden for nurses.
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Critical care nurse · Apr 2022
Implementing Quantitative Electroencephalogram Monitoring by Nurses in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Nonconvulsive seizures occur frequently in pediatric intensive care unit patients and can be impossible to detect clinically without electroencephalogram monitoring. Quantitative electroencephalography uses mathematical signal analysis to compress data, monitoring trends over time. Nonneurologists can identify seizures with quantitative electroencephalography, but data on its use in the clinical setting are limited. ⋯ An education program for quantitative electroencephalogram interpretation by nurse providers is feasible yet complex, requiring multiple reeducation cycles.
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Critical care nurse · Apr 2022
An In Situ Mock Code Program in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Multimodal Nurse-Led Quality Improvement Initiative.
Lifesaving resuscitation is required for approximately 1 in 100 patients in the pediatric intensive care unit. Certification renewal alone is insufficient to guarantee adequate knowledge, skills, and confidence among staff members involved in infrequent resuscitation events. ⋯ An in situ mock code program using a multimodal approach to education can be a successful educational adjunct to biennial pediatric advanced life support certification.