American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
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Emergency and intensive care unit nurses are the main workforce fighting against COVID-19. Their professional identity may affect whether they can actively participate and be competent in care tasks during the pandemic. ⋯ The professional identity of emergency and intensive care unit nurses greatly improved during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. This finding may be attributed to more public attention and recognition of nurses' value, nurses' professional fulfillment, and nurses' feelings of being supported, motivated, respected, and valued.
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Few responses to the Child Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems and no use of family satisfaction scores indicated the need to implement a program to collect and use family satisfaction data at a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) at a southeastern academic medical center. ⋯ Researchers should study the pFS-ICU survey in other inpatient pediatric step-down units and ICUs because it fosters a high response rate that provides real-time data, leading to quality improvement initiatives that can increase quality of care and improve outcomes.