the aim of present study was to determine the impact of two different icu management model, open and semi closed, on resources utilization in intensive care unit.retrospective cohort analysis using data from hospital database was applied to compare the effect of icu management model on icu length of stay and bed disposition of 1064 patients admitted to the general icu of imam khomeini hospital ...

background monitoring the health status of patients discharged from intensive care units is a crucial method of service evaluation. objectives this study aimed to assess the physical and mental health status of patients immediately after discharge from the icu and 24 hours later. patients and methods this descriptive comparative study was conducted on 104 patients discharged from the icus of a ...

Introduction: The improvement of technology has increased noise levels in hospital Wards to higher than international standard levels (35-45 dB). Higher noise levels than the maximum level result in patient’s instability and dissatisfaction. Moreover, it will have serious negative effects on the staff’s health and the quality of their services. The purpose of this survey is to analyze the leve...

intreduction hospitals as main health care prouders have always received great aftention. and in hospitals , special attention ust be paid to the admission unit and its management and organization. the unit plays important role in the evaluation of the hospital. methods and materials it is a descriptive study in which nine inpatients admission units and six outpatient admission units were exami...

The Consortium on Intraosseous Vascular Access in Healthcare Practice consisted of Lynn Phillips, Infusion Nurses Society and Consortium Chair; Lucinda Brown, Society of Pediatric Nurses; Teri Campbell, Air and Transport Nurses Association; Julie Miller, American Association of CriticalCare Nurses; Jean Proehl, Emergency Nurses Association; and Barbara Youngberg, Visiting Professor of Health La...

PURPOSE Many asthmatic patients discharged from emergency departments do not have timely follow-up visits with a primary care physician. This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a health professional-based intervention in improving process of care and health outcomes among asthmatic patients discharged from emergency departments. METHODS We enrolled 125 asthmatic patients, a...

abstract ba ckground: high level of stress in intensive care unit nurses affects the quality of their nursing care. therefore, this study aimed to determine the effects of a stress management program on the quality of nursing care of intensive care unit nurses. materials and methods: this study is a randomized clinical trial that was conducted on 65 nurses. the samples were selected by stratifi...

Modern medicine environment is very highly distributed. Particularly acute Myocardial Infarction sick patient health care is performed by a network of various clinical divisions, including, emergency, coronary angiography, surgery, anesthesiology, intensive-care units, laboratories, wards, administration, storage and others. These units are not only spatially distributed but have different inte...

Background The Danish health care system is reorganizing care and treatment of acute patients in the hospitals by replacing the emergency departments and departments that receive acute patients with emergency departments with observation units. The objective is to study the professional efforts and experiences of patients with acute abdominal pain in an acute visitation unit for abdominal surge...