Nursing in critical care
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Nursing in critical care · Sep 2019
Multicenter StudyCore competencies for nurses in Chinese intensive care units: a cross-sectional study.
Core competencies of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses were defined as the essential capability to influence patient safety and interdisciplinary collaboration; however, there has been no research conducted that relates to core competencies of ICU nurses at Chinese tertiary-A hospitals in Shanghai. ⋯ Nursing managers should implement targeted interventions to improve nurse-physician co-operation and translate research into practice competencies, such as high-fidelity simulation, inter-professional education, scientific research training and innovative skills tutorials. Moreover, this study demonstrated the influencing factors that can be used to improve core competences of ICU nurses.
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Nursing in critical care · Sep 2019
Sound isolation and music on the comfort of mechanically ventilated critical patients.
To assess the effect of sound isolation versus music on the comfort of mechanically ventilated patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) as a combined measurement of the hypnotic level, the level of sedation and the alteration of behaviour because of pain. ⋯ Music and sound isolation are potential strategies that could be used in nursing care to provide comfort to critical patients. Further studies should be undertaken to define the role of these new approaches and determine which groups of patients can benefit most from music or sound isolation.