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.
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Nursing in critical care · Jan 2014
Multicenter StudyKnowledge levels of intensive care nurses on prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Ventilator-associated pneumonia constitutes a significant concern for ventilated patients in the intensive care unit. ⋯ The conclusion of the study was that critical care nurses' knowledge about ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention is poor.
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Nursing in critical care · Jan 2014
Multicenter StudySouth African critical care nurses' views on end-of-life decision-making and practices.
Care of patients at the end-of-life (EOL) may be influenced by the experiences, attitudes and beliefs of nurses involved in their direct care. ⋯ Use of formal guidelines and education is recommended to increase the nurses' involvement in and their confidence in participating in EOL decisions. Educators, managers, senior nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary team should collaborate to enable critical care nurses to become more involved in EOL care.