Articles: intensive-care-units.
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Withholding and withdrawing life support from the critically ill commonly occurs in clinical practice. Sedatives and analgesics are frequently given during this process to patients who are not so deeply comatose that they cannot benefit from them. The withholding and withdrawal of life support is compatible with several judicial decisions, including the recent Cruzan decision of the U. ⋯ Supreme Court. Recent studies are providing insights into how, why, and under what circumstances the withholding and withdrawal of life support take place, and how drugs are administered during these processes. Additional studies are needed to further elucidate these processes and to contribute to the shaping of realistic and humane standards of terminal care.
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AACN Clin Issues Crit Care Nurs · May 1991
ReviewParent stress associated with pediatric critical care nursing: linking research and practice.
This paper connects research findings to nursing practices that may be helpful when working with stressed parents of critically ill children. Theories and concepts foundational to understanding parental stress related to pediatric critical care are reviewed. Research findings particularly associated with parent role stress are introduced, and suggestions for using these findings to design nursing interventions are presented.
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This article is the first of two parts outlining the objectives for a resident rotating in the intensive care unit (ICU). It is part of a larger continuing series on the goals and objectives to direct the training of emergency medicine residents on off-service rotations. ⋯ Critical care is a logical continuum for the sick and injured patient as he moves from the prehospital and emergency department (ED) settings to the ICU. These objectives are designed to focus the resident's reading and study during a critical care rotation.