background and objectives: spirituality and spiritual care, as essential components of holistic nursing care, are widely recognized, while spiritual aspect is still overlooked. spirituality has been associated with the caregiver’s sense of well-being and ability to cope. the aim of this study was to determine attitude of intensive care nurses toward spirituality and spiritual care and its relat...

INTRODUCTION In intensive care, occupancy is a commonly used measure. There is inconsistency however in its measurement and optimal occupancy targets need to be defined. The objectives of this literature review were to explore how occupancy is measured, reported, and interpreted and investigate optimal occupancy levels for ICUs. METHOD A literature search was performed using the Medline, Emba...

Despite the manpower shortage to care for the critically ill, the number of ICU beds has been rising for the last 2 decades. The ICU intensivist physician staffing model is still in flux in this country. Despite a challenge by a recent single publication, numerous studies have shown that high-intensity intensivist staffing improves patient outcome in the ICU. However, 73% of the ICUs in this co...

BACKGROUND Intensive care unit (ICU) beds are a scarce resource, and admissions may require prioritization when demand exceeds supply. However, there are few empiric data on whether the availability of ICU beds influences triage and processes of care for hospitalized patients who develop sudden clinical deterioration. METHODS RESULTS The cohort consisted of 3,494 patients. Reduced ICU bed ava...

AIM It is everyday news that we need more intensive care unit (ICU) beds, thus effective use of existing resources is imperative. The aim of this literature review was to critically analyse current literature on how organizational factors, individual factors and teamwork factors influence the ICU discharge process. A better understanding of discharge practices has the potential to ultimately in...

Methods Descriptive and comparative study of polytraumatized patients admitted to two different ICUs. The Spanish unit is an 18 bed general ICU, and trauma referral centre for the region of Gerona. The Colombian ICU has 19 beds dedicated mainly to trauma patients. Both hospitals have the same level of complexity, and resources are similar. The records of 151 polytraumatized patients between Jan...

Objective To describe the experience of paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in England that repurposed their units, equipment and staff to for critically ill adults during first wave COVID-19 pandemic. Design Descriptive study. Setting Seven PICUs England. Main outcome measures (1) Modelling using historical Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network data; (2) space, staff, equipment, clinical...

introduction: nowadays, it has been known that individuals handle coping strategies when faced with stressful events. these strategies play an important role in individuals. nurses are exposed to high  stress, which directly affects their job satisfaction and the quality of their services. therefore, the present study tried to investigate the effect of yoga on stress coping strategies among nur...

PURPOSE The rates of adverse drug events (ADEs) associated with high-cost and high-use drugs in the intensive care unit (ICU) were studied. METHODS This retrospective analysis was conducted from October 1997 through June 2001 in a 647-bed academic medical center with over 120 ICU beds. Adult patients with a documented ADE occurring in the ICU were included in the analysis. ADE information, in...