Introduction Many intravenous (IV) drugs are required for complex and polypathologic critically ill ICU patients management. ICU nurses are daily confronted with drugs preparation and administration (solvent type and volume, infusion rate). They also have to deal with drugs physiochemical incompatibilities (PCI), especially as various IV medications are delivered via a single catheter lumen. PC...

Background: Central Venous Catheters (CVCs) are flexible long catheter that inserted in central veins may placement subclavian, internal jugular and femoral vein or arm. Aims of the study: to evaluate knowledge for nursing staff concerning venous care al-Nasiriyah cardiac center. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional design was carried out at AL-Nasiriyah Cardiac Center during period from ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of doctors and nurses caring for patients with delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) and to describe the process of delirium management. SETTING This study was performed in 5 ICUs located within 4 hospitals in Madrid (Spain). PARTICIPANTS Purposeful sampling was performed which included (1) doctors and nurses working in ICU...

Nurses and physicians work side-by-side in the intensive care unit (ICU). Effective exchanges of patient information are essential to safe patient care in the ICU. Nurses often rate nurse-physician communication lower than physicians and report that it is difficult to speak up, that disagreements are not resolved and that their input is not well received. Therefore, this study explored nurses' ...

OBJECTIVE To assess intensive care unit (ICU) nurses' acceptance of electronic health records (EHR) technology and examine the relationship between EHR design, implementation factors, and nurse acceptance. DESIGN The authors analyzed data from two cross-sectional survey questionnaires distributed to nurses working in four ICUs at a northeastern US regional medical center, 3 months and 12 mont...

OBJECTIVE To describe perceptions of the administrative procedures for seasonal bed closures and their consequences in the intensive care unit (ICU), and to critique this example of health care priority setting for legitimacy and fairness. DESIGN A qualitative study using case study methods and interviews with key participants. We evaluated fairness and legitimacy of the bed closure process u...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Burnout syndrome is a psychological state resulting from prolonged exposure to job stressors. Because ICUs are characterized by a high level of work-related stress, a factor known to increase the risk of burnout syndrome, we sought to review the available literature on burnout syndrome in ICU healthcare workers. RECENT FINDINGS Based on most recent studies, severe burnout sy...

PURPOSE To examine the effect of designed dynamic light on staff's quality of sleep with regard to sleep efficiency, level of melatonin in saliva, and subjective perceptions of quality of sleep. METHODS An intervention group working in designed dynamic light was compared with a control group working in ordinary institutional light at two comparable intensive care units (ICUs). The study inclu...