Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · May 2007
Review Case ReportsInnovative solutions: a plurality of vision--integrating the chaplain into the critical care unit.
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center is a 650-bed quarternary care facility located in the Southwestern United States. It contains 12 intensive care units (ICUs) and experience a high patient acuity as a result of being a referral center for Arizona. The palliative care nurse practitioner and ICU clinical nurse specialist collaborated with the chaplain to entrance his visibility in the ICUs and to incorporate the philosophy of spiritual care assessments in the ICU.
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · May 2007
Clinical research and the development of new devices: considerations for nurses.
New investigational drugs and devices are commonly used in critically ill patients. The development of new drugs and the role of the critical care nurse caring for subjects in clinical trials are crucial to the success of the research process. The purpose of this article is to discuss the Food and Drug Administration's regulatory approval process for significant risk investigational devices.