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• The elevation of the head acting for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Systematized review of literature/A elevacao da cabeceira atuando para prevencao da pneumonia associada a ventilacao mecanica. Revisao sistematizada da literatura

  Authors:Suely de Morais Falcao Almeida and Isabel CruzFrom:Journal of Specialized Nursing Care (Vol. 6, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20132,448 words Report 1780LPatients in intensive care often require the use of an artificial airway, it has its depressed level of consciousness, respiratory failure, trauma or need for aspiration of secretions, making them susceptible to...

• Prevention of pression ulcers in bedridden patients--nursing preventive care--sistematic literature review/Prevencao de ulcera por pressao em pacientes restritos ao leito--cuidados de enfermagem--revisao sistematizada da literatura

  Authors:Franciny Paravidini Alves and Isabel CruzFrom:Journal of Specialized Nursing Care (Vol. 3, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20104,513 words Report 1820LPressure ulcers (PU) are a secular concern of medical team who takes care of bedridden patients. Its treatment and prevention are particular challenging to nursing team as they keep the closest contact with patients....

• Cares of nursing in administration medicaments at cardiologic ICU--evidenced based nursing practice/Cuidados de enfermagem na administracao de medicamentos em UTI cardiologica--pratica de enfermagem baseada em evidencias

  Authors:Vania Gomes Rios and Isabel CruzFrom:Journal of Specialized Nursing Care (Vol. 2, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20092,853 words Report 1750LThe cardiological clients receive innumerable medicines to brighten up the picture of the cardiopathies. E the nursing team is who manages and manipulates these medications. The objective was to establish a revision of...

• Concerns over ITU deaths

  From:Paediatric Nursing (Vol. 19, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  June 200780 words Brief article 1890LThe proportion of chronically ill children dying in intensive care after being admitted to other hospital wards has steadily risen since the 1990s, according to a study reported in the Journal of Medical Ethics (33,...

• Antisocial behaviour Intensive support backed by study

  From:Community Care

  Oct. 19, 2006101 words Brief article 2490LAlmost nine out of 10 "antisocial" families change their behaviour after receiving intensive support, according to a study. Complaints of antisocial behaviour ceased or dropped "dramatically" after families became...

• Dean advocates alternate-site medical training

  Author:Joyce RifferFrom:Hospitals (Vol. 60)

  Apr. 20, 1986506 words Interview Dean advocates alternate-site medical training The hospital may no longer be the best place for medical students to train, says Harry Beaty, M.D., dean of Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago. As hospitals...

• Postacute care gaps: fueling discharge debate: (interview with Paul Wilging)

  From:Hospitals, Journal of American Hospital Association (Vol. 60)

  Mar. 5, 19861,574 words Interview Postacute care gaps: Fueling discharge debate? Paul Willging, Pd.D., is a former Health Care Financing Administration deputy administrator. He now represents 9,000 nursing homes as executive vice-president of the...

• Critical care: workshops focus on education

  Author:Sarah WalkerFrom:Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (Vol. 21, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 2015406 words Article 1220LTHE 40TH annual scientific meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) and the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses' conference is only weeks away. This conference, in Auckland at...

• Providing intensive care: an air of mystery can surround intensive care units (ICU). But nurses working at Christchurch Hospital's ICU maintain good communication--with patients, families and colleagues--is at the heart of their work

  Author:Teresa O'ConnorFrom:Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (Vol. 16, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20102,022 words Article Intensive care/critical care--the very words are enough to conjure up a bank of monitors surrounding a ventilated patient. There is a certain mystique about intensive care units (ICUs) and, perhaps, there should...

• The effect of education on function and communication skill of nurse with intubated patient in intensive care unit.

  Authors:Khadijeh Gorzin, Akram Sanagoo, Leila Jouybari, Bagher Pahlavanzadeh, and Ali JesmiFrom:Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences (Vol. 7, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  April-June 20202,181 words Report 1560LByline: Khadijeh. Gorzin, Akram. Sanagoo, Leila. Jouybari, Bagher. Pahlavanzadeh, Ali. Jesmi Context: Communicating with intubated patients is one of the main challenges for nurses. Aims: This study aimed to evaluate...

• Intensive care nurses' assessment of pain in patients who are mechanically ventilated: How a pilot study helped to influence practice

  Authors:Frances Fothergill Bourbonnais, Sue Malone-Tucker, and Debbie Dalton-KischelFrom:The Canadian Journal of Critical Care Nursing (Vol. 27, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20163,641 words Report 1270LBackground. Pain is a common experience among patients in intensive care units (ICUs). Many patients in ICUs have difficulty communicating their pain because of mechanical ventilation, and issues can arise when the...

• The legal guardians' dilemma: Decision making associated with invasive non-life-saving procedures

  Authors:Michael Kuniavsky, Freda DeKeyser Ganz, David M Linton, and Sigal SviriFrom:Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (Vol. 1, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 24, 20125,275 words Article 1400LBackground ICU patients frequently undergo non-life-saving invasive procedures. When patient informed consent cannot be obtained, legal guardianship (LG), often from a close relative, may be required by law. The...

• Nursing evidence--based interprofessional practice guidelines for care in post-bariatric surgery--ICU - systematic literature review/A enfermagem no atendimento pos-cirurgia bariatrica--revisao sistematica da literatura.

  Authors:Leonor Cipitelli and Isabel Cristina Fonseca da CruzFrom:Journal of Specialized Nursing Care (Vol. 11, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20192,412 words Report 1280LObesity is the most prevalent chronic disease in the world, and bariatric surgery has been a consistent feature to reverse overweight. In this context, the nursing practice has a fundamental role from the preparation of...

• Nursing evidence-based interprofessional practice guidelines for anxiety related to death in ICU - systematic literature review/Pratica interprofissional de enfermagem baseada em evidencia sobre ansiedade relacionada a morte em UTI - revisao sistematizada da literatura.

  Authors:Carina Maria Fernandes de Lima and Isabel Cristina Fonseca da CruzFrom:Journal of Specialized Nursing Care (Vol. 11, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20194,032 words Report 1330LDeath-related anxiety is an important factor in the Intensive Care Unit for both the nurse and the patient and their family members. Thus, the following practical question, the high-complexity client with the diagnosis...

• Guidelines for evidence-based practice for the control of nursing intervention in the prevention of central venous catheter-related infection, a challenge in practical ICU care - Systematized Literature Review /Diretrizes para a pratica baseada em evidencia para o controle de intervencao de enfermagem na prevencao de infeccao relacionada a cateter venoso central, um desafio na pratica assistencia em UTI - Revisao Sistematizada da Literatura.

  Authors:Elaine Araujo da Silva and Isabel Cristina Fonseca da CruzFrom:Journal of Specialized Nursing Care (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20182,143 words Report 1500LIntroduction: The central venous catheter is an invasive device widely used in severe septicemia patients, mainly for administration of vasoactive drugs, blood derivatives and physiological parameter monitoring, but its...

• Evidence-based nursing practice on wound healing by second intension - Systematized Literature Review /Pratica de enfermagem baseada em evidencia sobre cicatrizacao de feridas por segunda intencao - Revisao Sistematizada da Literatura.

  Authors:Valéria Pinto Matos and Isabel CruzFrom:Journal of Specialized Nursing Care (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20203,392 words Report 1560LProblem: Due to the overall movement related to patient safety, and the relevance of morbidity and mortality of patients hospitalized in intensive care units and with the aim of better understanding the most effective...

• Intensive care pays off

  From:Child Protection Law Report (Vol. 30, Issue 14) Peer-Reviewed

  July 15, 2004110 words Brief article INTENSIVE CARE PAYS OFF. Therapeutic foster care programs reduced the violent crime rate among adolescents aged 12-18 by 70 percent compared to programs for youth in standard residential facilities, according to...

• The gift of hope

  Author:Kathy C. HefnerFrom:Clinician Reviews (Vol. 16, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 2006538 words Article 1350LFor the majority of my bedside nursing career, I worked in critical care. I learned early that it was kindest to be honest with patients and their families, regardless of whether the news was good or bad. As such, I was...

• Medical futility in the neonatal intensive care unit: hope for a resolution

  Authors:Robert L. Fine, Jonathan M. Whitfield, Barbara L. Carr, and Thomas W. MayoFrom:Pediatrics (Vol. 116, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20053,504 words Article Contemporary medical practice in the NICU sometimes leads to conflicts between providers and parents in which the parent demands continuation of life-sustaining treatment that the medical team deems medically...

• Limited bedside echocardiography performed by intensivists in the medical intensive care unit (MICU)

  Authors:Roman Melamed, Steven Hanovich, Robert Shapiro, Mark Sprenkle, Valerie Ulstad, and James LeathermanFrom:Chest (Vol. 128, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2005361 words Brief article PURPOSE: To evaluate the ability of the intensivists with limited echocardiography (ECHO) training to assess left ventricular (LV) performance with the portable ECHO machine. METHODS: 4 intensivists had 2 hours of...