Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Sep 2005
ReviewARDS diagnosis and management: implications for the critical care nurse.
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), an intense form of hypoxemic respiratory failure, may be one of the most elusive diagnoses encountered in the intensive care unit. Increasing the knowledge base of the critical care nurse is imperative to prevent and diagnose ARDS, as well as to generate and implement evidence-based clinical interventions. This article presents a thorough examination of the many facets of ARDS, including its definition, etiology, pathophysiology, presentation, diagnosis, and management.
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End-of-life care is one part of nursing that many nurses are not fond of administering. The procedure for administering end-of-life care and the rationales for providing such care can benefit the nurse, patient, and family. Considering religious beliefs and practices can assist in proper care for the patient.
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Sep 2005
Critical care nurses' perceptions of and responses to moral distress.
Nurses frequently experience conflict regarding healthcare decisions, yet are expected to implement actions which they perceive to be morally wrong. Research has described the deleterious effects of this moral incongruency, coined moral distress, on nurses' well being and has identified it as a causative agent in nursing turnover, burnout, and nurses leaving the profession. Thus, it is known that moral distress has significant consequences for nurses, but does moral distress affect nurses' provision of care, and if so, how?