Critical Care Nurses' Role in Implementing the "ABCDE Bundle" Into Practice
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
A set of best practices can prevent or treat ICU-acquired delirium and weakness.
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A Story of Implementing Palliative Care in an Inner-City Trauma/Surgical Intensive Care Unit
May 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Trauma/Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at University Hospital in Newark is the sort of place people land without warning: a gunshot wound late at night; a car accident on the way home from the movies.
Developing a Research and Education Agenda to Improve End-of-Life Care in Intensive Care Units
May 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
With $107,906 from the Special Opportunities Fund of from RWJF's Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care national program, researchers from the University of Washington organized and convened a workshop.
Experts Propose 18 Quality Measures to Improve Care of the Dying in ICUs
June 12, 2008 | Program Result Report
Members of the RWJF Critical Care End-of-Life Peer Workgroup conducted a series of five studies to develop ways to optimize care of patients dying in intensive care units (ICUs).
Two Reports Profile Best Practices in Chronic Illness and ICU Care
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The National Coalition on Health Care and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement produced and disseminated two reports profiling model strategies for managing chronic disease and providing care in the intensive care unit.
Nurse Staffing and NICU Infection Rates
March 18, 2013 | Journal Article
Understaffing of nurses in NICUs associated with an increased risk of nosocomial infection among very low birth weight infants.
Practice Change and Culture Change in Implementing Geriatric Care Initiatives
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Recommendations from nurse managers on how to make lasting practice change.
SPEACS-2
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Bedside ICU nurses have an important role in helping nonspeaking patients communicate.
Evaluating Telemedicine in the ICU
December 23, 2009 | Commentary
Effective ICU care has been shown to reduce hospital stays and mortality rates. Tele-ICU could extend intensivist care to hospitals that do not have it. This editorial describes a study involving six ICUs and proposes a conceptual framework for developing effective tele-ICU.
Intensive Labor
July 20, 2009 | Journal Article
In a study of 104 hospital NICUs, researchers define the problems that arise from inadequate support for nurses in the NICU and make recommendations to hospital CEO.