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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Critical Care Unit"”.
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Ethical Decision-Making among Critical Care Unit Nurses
The health care business has created complex relationships between consumers and health care institutions. Rising health costs, rationing of health care and medical technology have put critical care unit (CCU) nurses in complex environments where they must face ethical conflict. CCU nurses find …
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Introduction of a Best Practice for Ventriculostomy Management in the Neuroscience Critical Care Unit
… infections are a present burden on our healthcare system as well as patients and their families. Use of nursing led protocols to decrease the incidence of healthcare-associated protocols has been supported in previous platforms. The purpose of this study is to determine a need for a …
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Distress and Caregiver Appraisal in Pediatric Critical Care Unit Nurses when Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment
… the nursing profession, and society as a whole. Caregiver appraisal, or the cognitive process individuals use to mediate emotional reactions to any situation, may be positive, negative, or neutral. Associations between nurses’ distress and caregiver appraisal when withdrawing life-sustaining …
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A descriptive survey of the nursing workforce in critical care unit in hospitals of the Western Cape Province
… in South Africa by the National Audit of Critical Care services. Critical Care Nurses (CCNs) especially are in great demand and short supply. This has affected the quality of patient care. The purpose of this study was to perform a workforce analysis and needs assessment of critical care …
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A study on Recognition and Practices level by Nurses in Critical Care Unit about Nosocomial Infection Control & Prevention - on General Infection, MRSA & VRE Infection Control -
… to the recognition and practice by nurses in Critical Care Unit about general infection, MRSA, VRE infection control & prevention. Data were collected on June 12 to September 3, 2004 from 69 nurses in one university affiliated hospital located in Suwon of Kyung Ki Province. The recognition and …
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Study of the Basic Knowledge Level of Critical Care Nurses
… relationship between the nurse's level of basic critical care nursing knowledge and the following variables: basic educational preparation, critical care nursing experience, cumulative nursing experience, specific critical care unit experience, and certification in critical care nursing. A …
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Prognostische Bedeutung und ätiologische Aspekte von Leberfunktionsstörungen bei internistischen Intensivpatienten
… of liver dysfunction regarding internal critical care patients. The following aims were persuited by the study: 1. Evaluation of the prognostic importance of the hepatic function. 2. To attain an overview of hepatic function development and the incidence of liver dysfunktion of internal …
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Effect of Oral Care and Health Professional Education on Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia: A Pilot Study
… a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the critical care environment. Procedures and protocols are being researched in order to reduce the risk associated with this nosocomial infection for patients who require mechanical ventilation. The use of oral care hygiene equipment such as …
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The role of perioperative critical care support in a regional hospital: a prospective survey at new Somerset Hospital
Background: Postoperative critical care support is required for emergency and elective cases having either major surgery, with poor physiological states or significant comorbidities, and for support following unexpected surgical or anaesthetic complications. Research suggests that as many as 48% of …
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Critical illness survivorship and implications for care provision; a constructivist grounded theory
… In the context of increasing survivorship from critical illness it is important to enhance our understanding of the subjective experience of survivors and their families. The critical illness experience is enormously complex, varied and multifaceted. The need to consider the legacy of critical …
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Reducing Alarm Fatigue in Critical Care
<p><strong>Reducing Alarm Fatigue in Critical Care</strong></p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p> This improvement project took place on the Critical Care Unit (CCU) of a non-profit hospital in Northern California. The unit houses 54 beds, employs over 210 employees, and houses the facility’s …
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Caution: Line-of-Sight in ICU Designs
… spend approximately $200 billion in new healthcare facilities construction. Infection prevention, patient and family satisfaction, and technologies influence contemporary designs of critical care units. All of these impacts have created larger patient care units, with a majority of single …
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Emotion and Identity in the Transition to Parenthood
… with nurses when their infant is in a neonatal critical care unit? 3) What emotions do men experience on their journey to fatherhood? The findings of this dissertation indicate that the transition to parenthood is a time of ambiguity, stress, and potentially, great joy for new parents. During …
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Improving Patient Safety by Calculating the QT Correction in Critical Care Patients
… ventricular arrhythmias. 52% or patients in critical care units have prolonged QTc and 69% or critical care patients have risks of developing QTc. Many commonly administered medications in the critical care unit are known to prolong QTc yet a microsystem assessment and a gap analysis revealed …
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Physical activity and function in survivors of critical illness after discharge from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Survival rates for the critical care population in the UK following discharge from acute hospital is extrapolated to be 80.8% (excluding readmissions to the same critical care unit of the same patient within the same acute hospital stay) between 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019 in England, Wales …
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Decreasing Risk of Delirium with Early Progressive Mobility
… project. This project took place in two, 12-bed critical care units. One is a cardiovascular, medical, surgical intensive care unit and the other is a neurotrauma critical care unit. The methods for implementation included writing the management of pain, agitation, and delirium policy based upon …
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The Effect of 72 Consecutive Hours in the Coronary Care Unit on the Night Sleep of 10 Patients Age 65 and Older
… number of aged patients hospitalized in critical care units (Gsell, 1977). Changes which occur in the process of aging and in cardiac disease should be considered when providing nursing care to these patients. A disturbance in the sleep wakefulness cycle resulting in a decrease of …
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Preventing Blood Component Administration Errors
… life saving intervention in the inpatient acute care hospital setting. Although blood transfusions can be extremely beneficial when delivered correctly, the risks associated with receiving incorrect blood components are severe and potentially fatal. The blood component administration process in …
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Veteran Specific Risk Factors for Delirium
… 25 years or older, admitted to an acute or critical care unit, and length of stay greater than 48 hours.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Delirium occurred in 29.6% (n=160) of veterans during hospitalization. Most cases for the delirium group were males (96.25%), white (78.8%), non-Hispanic …
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