Managing ICU Throughput and Understanding ICU Census
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This study presents an alternative approach to increased demand for intensive care unit beds.
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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.
Families with Limited English Proficiency Receive Less Information and Support in Interpreted Intensive Care Unit Family Conferences
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines differences between interpreted and noninterpreted family conferences in intensive care units. Little is known about interactions between physicians and non-English speaking families of patients in intensive care.
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.
Not Enough Nurses in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
March 19, 2013 | News Release
New study reveals striking understaffing for critically ill babies compared with national guidelines.
Upcoming Webinar: Nurse-Led Delirium Prevention
February 25, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative grantees will present their research on a nurse-led plan to manage delirium in critically ill adults in a webinar on February 28.
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.
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.
In Aurora, A Massacre Becomes a Miracle, and Then Patients Help Doctors Heal
August 13, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
I wasn’t even supposed to work that night. I had finished a long day of meetings, and found out at 6:30 pm that my colleague, who had called in sick twice in 40 years, had influenza and he knew it was best not to expose Emergency Department (ED) pat ...
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.