Journal of nursing care quality
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Controlled Clinical Trial
How satisfied are parents supported by nurses with the NIDCAP model of care for their preterm infant?
The main purpose of implementing the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) in our neonatal intensive care unit from the perspective of quality of care was to bring about an improvement in the satisfaction of parents. This was measured by means of the NICU-Parent Satisfaction Form and the Nurse Parent Support Tool. Parents were significantly more satisfied with care given according to NIDCAP principles than they were with the traditional care for their premature born babies.
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This article describes the application of the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Quality Care to creating standards of practice for Basic Cardiac Life Support certification of the nursing staff at a merged health center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Selected outcomes and adopted practice guidelines are presented.
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Are deaths that occur in critical care expected or unexpected? The objective was to illustrate the incidence of deaths in adult critical care units. We also wanted to discover if our patient population fit the norm of those who die in these units in the United States. ⋯ Patients had an average of 3.3 comorbidities. Greater public knowledge about advance care planning is needed and must include education about the full range of options in end-of-life care.