Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Jul 2008
ReviewA model for preventing serious traffic injury in teens: or "keep those teenagers out of our ICU!".
Traffic crashes are the leading cause of injury, disability, and death in the youth of the United States. Risky driving, behind-the-wheel behaviors when operating a motor vehicle in a manner that may lead to harm or injury to oneself or others, contributes to the human and economic cost of risky driving. An acute or critical care hospitalization provides an ideal opportunity for nurses to initiate prevention strategies with parents and teens to reduce risky driving.
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Jul 2008
Innovative solutions: registered nurses' perceptions of the work environment before and after adult intensive care unit renovations.
Today, healthcare and healthcare professionals are constantly undergoing change. Environmental, interpersonal, and intrapersonal changes, along with caring for critically ill patients, present many challenges for those working in critical care. Change process research can be very helpful in guiding the change process for those working and healing in the critical care environment.
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Jul 2008
A personal reflection: family survival in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Being the parent of a child hospitalized in a pediatric intensive care unit can be frightening and very stressful. This personal reflection is written by a father whose son was a patient in such a unit and conveys his feelings and thoughts about the experience. This is the first of a 2-part article. The second article will discuss "The Family Survival Guide to the Intensive Care Unit" in detail.
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · May 2008
Review Case ReportsDifferential diagnosis of pleural effusions: a case study.
Pleural effusions occur as secondary to a disease process. A case study of a patient with a pleural effusion is presented, as well as a brief description of the signs and symptoms, pathophysiology, and management of this disease process.