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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Critical care nurses"”.
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Job satisfaction in critical care nurses
… was designed to explore job satisfaction among critical care nurses using an established conceptual framework of job satisfaction entitled the Job Characteristics Model (Hackman & Oldham, 1980). The standardized measures of general job satisfaction and other job design variables were the Job …
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Critical care nurses' knowledge of cardiac rhythm strips
Competency testing of nurses in relevant areas is a somewhat new concept. This concept stems, in part, from the 1996 Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) requirement that all institutions provide proof of competency of their employees. The purpose of this study …
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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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Extent and factors influencing research utilization among critical care nurses
Nurses have a professional responsibility to use appropriate research findings in their clinical practice. In critical care, many scientifically validated findings are immediately available for utilization by the individual nurse; however, the extent of current research utilization among critical …
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Critical Care Nurses' perceptions of caring: A phenomenological study
The present study investigated critical care nurses' perceptions of caring and the factors which influence caring. Fifteen registered nurses who were actively employed in the critical care setting were interviewed. Two open-ended questions and appropriate cue questions were asked during the …
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Critical Care Nurses' Intention to Allow Family Presence during Resuscitation
… coupled with demographic variables predicted critical care nurses’ intention to allow FPDR. A descriptive correlational research design was used in this study. The Family Presence Risk-Benefit Scale (FPR-BS) was used to measure attitudes/behavioral beliefs towards FPDR. Intentions to allow …
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Critical Care Nurses' Intention to Allow Family Presence during Resuscitation
… coupled with demographic variables predicted critical care nurses’ intention to allow FPDR. A descriptive correlational research design was used in this study. The Family Presence Risk-Benefit Scale (FPR-BS) was used to measure attitudes/behavioral beliefs towards FPDR. Intentions to allow …
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Attitudes towards organ donor advocacy among Swedish intensive and critical care nurses.
End-of-Life Care in the intensive and critical care unit (ICU) involves the rare situation of caring for brain dead persons who, by their death, become potential organ donors (POD). A consequence might be that end-of-life care continues into after-death care in order to facilitate organ donation …
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Normalizing the Abnormal: Self-Identified Traumatic Events and Critical Care Nurses, A Focused Ethnography
… Safety and Health (2022), 20 million healthcare workers in the United States (U.S.) are at risk for symptoms of mental unhealthiness directly related to their work environment and experiences. Despite nurses reporting higher levels of burnout and other adverse effects within their work …
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Implementation Strategies to Improve Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge of and Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines
Healthcare workers are responsible for providing evidence-based care to patients; however, many patients receive unnecessary or harmful care. Successful implementation of evidence-based guidelines can improve patient outcomes, particularly among vulnerable neuroscience patients. Focused efforts to …
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Critical care nurses' experience of the sudden unexpected death of a patient : a phenomenological study
Bibliography: leaves 115-129.
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An Observational Investigation of On-Duty Critical Care Nurses' Information Behavior in a Nonteaching Community Hospital
Critical care nurses work in an environment rich in informative interactions. Although there have been post hoc self-report survey studies of nurses' information seeking, there have been no observational studies of the patterns and content of their on-duty information behavior. This study used …
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Critical care nurses' attitudes about patient autonomy and their willingness to act as patient advocates
… to determine if there was a relationship between critical care nurses attitudes about patient autonomy and their willingness to act as patient advocates. The researcher developed a questionnaire for data collection. The convenience sample was comprised of 39 critical care nurses who were members …
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A Pilot Program Evaluating The Acceptability And Feasibility Of A Health Care Ethics Curriculum For Critical Care Nurses
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background: Critical care units are demanding practice settings filled with daily stressors including the ethical climate (America Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2015a; Mealer, & Moss, 2016). Navigating this ethically sensitive area requires critical care nurses have an …
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The impact of moral distress on the provision of nursing care amongst critical care nurses in the eThekwini District
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree in Master of Health Sciences in Nursing, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016.
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