Nursing in critical care
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Nursing in critical care · Mar 2014
Exploration and classification of intensive care nurses' clinical decisions: a Greek perspective.
The recording, identification, coding and classification of clinical decisions by intensive care nurses. ⋯ The types and frequency of clinical decisions made by intensive care nurses are related to features of ICU work environment, their professional autonomy and accountability, as well as their perceptions of their clinical role.
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Nursing in critical care · Mar 2014
The prognostic ability of early Braden Q Scores in critically ill children.
Pressure ulcer (PU) risk assessment tools are an important component of good nursing care; however, it is essential that these tools offer a good sensitivity and specificity, in addition to clinical utility in the population being assessed. ⋯ Our results in a heterogeneous UK PICU population found the Braden Q score performed well in the specific population it was validated for (PICU children aged 3 weeks to 8 years without CHD), however, it performed moderately well in the more heterogonous PICU population of term to 14 years including children with CHD.
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Nursing in critical care · Mar 2014
Editorial CommentInnovation in critical care nursing education: a reply.