aims: endotracheal suctioning is a vital process to keep the airways open. the method of performing endotracheal suctioning has a great effect on its complications and effectiveness. this study was carried out with the aim of assessing gap between the knowledge and performance of nurses' working in intensive care units (icu) in tracheal suctioning.   methods: in this cross sectional study,...

Background: The safety and mental health issues of frontline nurses working during the coronavirus global outbreak must be placed as a first/top priority. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between nurses’ occupation stress and organizational support among nurses in both infectious and non-infectious ICU wards during the COVID-19 crisis. Methods: This was a de...

BACKGROUND It is considered standard practice to use disposable or patient-dedicated stethoscopes to prevent cross-contamination between patients in contact precautions and others in their vicinity. The literature offers very little information regarding the quality of currently used stethoscopes. This study assessed the fidelity with which acoustics were perceived by a broad range of health ca...

Michael Donnelly is manager of the neurological intensive care unit and a neurological intermediate care unit at the University of Utah Health Science Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. intracranial pressure monitoring, hyperosmolar agents to control increasing pressures, and ventilator support. Although ICU nurses become accustomed to working in such crisis situations, the families of patients with...

INTRODUCTION We aimed to determine i) the feasibility of nurses taking bedside measurements of microcirculatory parameters in real time in intensive care patients; and ii) whether such measurements would be comparable to those obtained by the classical delayed semi quantitative analysis made by a physician. METHODS This prospective observational study was conducted in a university hospital an...

BACKGROUND Weaning patients from mechanical ventilation is a complex and highly challenging process. It requires continuity of care, the overall assessment of patients, and a focus on all aspects of patients' needs by critical care nurses. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to explore holistic care while patients are being weaned from mechanical ventilation from the perspective of th...

OBJECTIVE Fatal errors can occur in intensive care units (ICUs). Researchers claim that information integration at the bedside may improve nurses' situation awareness (SA) of patients and decrease errors. However, it is unclear which information should be integrated and in what form. Our research uses the theory of SA to analyze the type of tasks, and their associated information gaps. We aimed...