Category: Critical Care

Compassion Fatigue in Pediatric and Intensive Care Units Those junior medical employees who work under stressful conditions, for instance, in intensive care units, have a high workload, and, in addition to physical tiredness, nurses experience moral burnout, often referred to as compassion fatigue. While interacting with severe cases constantly, healthcare workers stresses accumulate, which may…

National Patient Safety Goals: Critical Care Access Limited access to healthcare services has been on the agenda of the modern healthcare system for quite a long, warranting the status of critical concern. Therefore, creating the Critical Access Hospital Accreditation Program as an inseparable part of the National Patient Safety Goals 2020 project was inevitable and…

Effectiveness of Supporting Intensive Care Units Medicine appears to be the sphere of active developments and constant improvements, as high quality of service presents a matter of importance. This way, the article Effectiveness of Supporting Intensive Care Units on Implementing the Guideline End-of-Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit, Nursing Care: A Cluster Randomized Controlled…

Plan of Interview the Intensive Care Unit Nurse The intensive care unit nurse is the position I am going to interview. The question where the candidate must provide the most precise response would involve a real-life scenario. The answer must include a detailed description of actions that should be taken in a stressful situation. The…

Nosocomial Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Units Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) have in the past saved the lives of many babies who are born prematurely, with low birth weights or with different health conditions. Despite the survival chances created in the NICU, there are simultaneous risks especially as babies contained in the NICU have…

Interview of Nurse of the Intensive Care Unit Table of Contents Introduction Leadership Style Future Planning Current Issues and Trends Conclusion References Introduction As the subject of the interview, the senior nurse of the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Miami hospital, Mrs. S., is engaged. Mrs. S. is a registered nurse with a BSN…

Decreasing Ventilator Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Units Table of Contents Problem Statement Real-Time Solution Implementation of the Vent Bundle Other Measures Resources Required for Implementation Monitoring of Program Feasibility of the Plan Evaluation of the Progress Anticipated Challenges References Problem Statement Statistically, five to ten critically ill intubated patients develop VAP in the United…

Implementation of Cycled Lighting in Intensive Care Units The Strength of Presented Evidence The articles analyzed in the previous paper examined the influence of cycled lighting on the health outcomes of patients treatment in intensive care units (ICUs). Hospital conditions, especially in ICUs, could impact patients recovery due to experienced sleep disturbance and disrupted circadian…

Interprofessional Teams and iCare in Intensive Care Units Table of Contents Compassion Advocacy Resilience Evidence-Based Practice Summary References The intensive care unit (ICU) is a highly complex dynamic work environment that requires highly sophisticated and engaged interprofessional team functioning. Interprofessional contributions and expertise are necessary for effective treatment and patient safety in ICU. There are…

Analysis of Leadership in the Intensive Care Unit This is a critical analysis of leadership in the intensive care unit (ICU). According to van Schijndel and Burchardi, scholars have not paid much attention to practical management in the intensive care medicine (van Schijndel & Burchardi, 2007). As a result, there is little evidence-based research to…