We evaluated the feasibility of utilizing physician assistants as providers of primary care in a medical ICU. After a three-month period of rigorous training, two PAs were assigned to the ICU. Their performance as well as the operation of the ICU over a two-year period was evaluated and compared to two preceding years when it was operated by house officers. There were no changes in occupancy, m...

background posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is a severe anxiety disorder occurred due to past adverse experiences. several researches have demonstrated that ptsd is quite common among patients discharged from critical care unit. conclusions prevalence of ptsd is high among patients discharged from icus and some medical individual factors such as elderly, unemployed, being single, using mech...

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the predictors of moral harassment in nursing work critical care units. Methods: a cross-sectional study conducted public hospital Fortaleza, Ceará, with 167 professionals 2016. Sociodemographic/occupational questionnaire and Negative Acts Questionnaire Revised were applied. The analysis included descriptive statistics, measures central tendency dispersion, as we...

Background: Ethical and professional values are universal rules of conduct that provide a practical basis for identifying what kinds actions, intentions, motives valued. It is demonstrated in ethical codes clarify nursing profession practices, such as the quality care. Aim: this study assess nurses' awareness regarding legal issues critical care units. Design: A descriptive exploratory research...

patients in each unit were observed for 1 year in each branch of the crossover study. Twelve beds multiplied by 365 days is 4,380 bed-days; so they had 4,380 bed-days as a maximum (we do not know if the units were consistently fully occupied). Their reported infection rates are approximately 1 to 4 infections per 1,000 bed-days. This means that they observed approximately 4 to 16 infections ove...

BACKGROUND Pain is a common experience among mechanically ventilated patients. Pain among mechanically ventilated patients is aggravated by factors such as stage of illness, invasive procedures, and surgical interventions. The aim to this study was to investigate pain levels and predictors among mechanically ventilated patients during rest and routine nursing interventions. MATERIALS AND METH...

AIM We describe futures of ICU admission, demographic characteristics, treatment and outcome for critically ill patients with laboratory-confirmed and suspected infection with the H1N1 virus admitted to the three different critical care departments in Turkey. METHODS Retrospective study of critically ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) at ICU. Demographic data, symptoms, comorbid conditi...