Nursing in critical care
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Nursing in critical care · Nov 2008
Critical care nurses' workload estimates for managing patients during induced hypothermia.
The purpose of this study was to provide an initial foundation for exploring how induced hypothermia impacts nursing workload in an intensive care unit setting. ⋯ Nurses are open to using a variety of different interventions to manage temperature in critically ill patients. The time required to complete any one intervention varies significantly, but the combination of interventions most certainly has a significant impact on the workload for bedside nurses.