American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
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Promoting bonding and neurodevelopmental care is an important element in the cardiovascular intensive care unit (CICU); however, holding of infants by family members is inconsistently practiced. ⋯ Expert group consensus with high-fidelity simulation training is a feasible, safe, and reliable method for teaching higher risk skills and guiding protocol development.
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Adoption of early mobility interventions into intensive care unit (ICU) practice has been slow and varied. ⋯ Collectively, several modifiable and nonmodifiable factors provide excellent prediction of next-day early mobility performance.
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Hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) have a major impact on patient outcomes in intensive care units (ICUs). Effective prevention relies on early and accurate risk assessment. Traditional risk-assessment tools, such as the Braden Scale, often fail to capture ICU-specific factors, limiting their predictive accuracy. Although artificial intelligence models offer improved accuracy, their "black box" nature poses a barrier to clinical adoption. ⋯ The model and its dashboard provide clinicians with a transparent, interpretable artificial intelligence-based risk-assessment system for HAPIs that may enable more effective and timely preventive interventions.