Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Sep 2010
ReviewLife-support technology and the dying experience: implications for critical-care nursing practice.
The purpose of this article was to explore the historical, social, and philosophical factors related to life-support technology and its effects on patients dying in an intensive care unit environment. The article examines how technology has affected the right of individuals to experience a peaceful death. Implications for nursing practice in critical care are also addressed.
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Sep 2010
Nurturing nursing students during intensive care unit clinical practicum.
Approximately one-third of new graduates will quit their jobs in the first year. When nurses leave, vacant positions result in increased overtime for the remaining staff, which eventually results in burnout. ⋯ This article describes how the staff transformed a neurosurgical intensive care unit and nurture students through the application of Jean Watson's 10 Caritas processes. When nursing students complete their clinical practicum in the unit, learning is enhanced, the students seek to continue to work in the intensive care unit, recruitment and retention are encouraged, and burnout may be prevented.