The Earlier the Longer
November 12, 2012 | Journal Article
Intensive care units should take a rigorous and nuanced approach to planning patient handoffs to improve patient safety and quality of care.
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May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Bedside ICU nurses have an important role in helping nonspeaking patients communicate.
Routine Monitoring of Critically Ill Patients
January 1, 2011 | Book
Intensive care units are places where patients are monitored routinely. This information provides important information to patients' health care providers in severe situations. This chapter examines reasons for, measurement of, and methods and tools available for several routine monitoring strategies.
Regionalization of Critical Care Medicine Could Achieve Better Outcomes at Reduced Costs
April 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
IHC Care, an integrated, multi-hospital, nonprofit health care system in Utah, examined the delivery of critical care medicine in a multi-hospital system and developed analytic models to determine the potential impact of regionalization.
Critical Care Nurses' Role in Implementing the ''ABCDE Bundle'' Practice
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study explores the Awakening and Breathing Coordination, Delirium Monitoring and Management, and Early Mobility (ABCDE) bundle, an approach to managing ICU-acquired delirium and weakness by improving communication among ICU team members, standardizing care processes, and breaking over-sedation and prolonged mechanical ventilations cycle.
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.
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.
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.
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.
More Nurses, Better Patient Outcomes
September 1, 2001 | Journal Article
Why Isn't it Obvious?