• BACKGROUND Information about the contributions of acute care nurse practitioners to medical management teams in critical care settings is limited. • OBJECTIVE To examine contributions of acute care nurse practitioners to medical management of critically ill patients from the perspectives of 3 disciplines: medicine, respiratory care, and nursing. • METHODS Attending physicians, respiratory the...

patients safety status in intensive care unit of urmia hospitals from nurses viewpoint     sheikhbaklu m [1] , hemmati maslakpak m [2] *, baghaie r [3]     received: 9 apr , 2013 accepted: 15 jun , 2013     abstract   background & aims : patient safety is central to high quality care, and keeping it in a standard level can lead to success in accessing the treatment outcomes. this study evaluate...

There is a lack of information on critical care in Korea. The aim of this study was to determine the current status of Korean intensive care units (ICUs), focusing on the organization, characteristics of admitted patients, and nurse and physician staffing. Critical care specialists in charge of all 105 critical care specialty training hospitals nationwide completed a questionnaire survey. Among...

10-bed cardiovascular thoracic surgical unit, a 12-bed cardiovascular thoracic intermediate unit, a 9-bed coronary care unit, and a 16-bed intensive care unit. Depending on the number of patients and staffing on the critical care units, critical care nurses floated outside their assigned unit to the emergency room and medical-surgical units. When nurses floated outside critical care areas, prob...

job stressors in critical care nurses     farhadi m [1] , hemmati maslakpak m [2] *, khalkhali hr [3]     received: 22 sep , 2013 accepted: 24 nov , 2013   abstract   background & aims : n ursing is associated with a high degree of stress d ue to its nature . job stress is a challenge for the nursing profession , and its adverse effects on physical and mental health nurses, create serious probl...

     Medication errors (MEs) are the most common error in ICUs. In fact, 78% of all serious errors in ICUs are due to MEs. Therefore, detecting MEs has vital significance. The goal of this study was to investigate the frequency, type and consequences of different types of errors including prescribing, transcribing and administration errors in an ICU of a large teaching hospital. Disguised direc...

Transitioning from the critical care unit to the medical-surgical care area is vital to patients' recovery and resolution of critical illness. Such transitions are necessary to optimize use of available hospital resources to meet patient care needs. One in 10 patients discharged from the intensive care unit are readmitted to the unit during their hospitalization. Critical care readmission is as...

BACKGROUND Nurse practitioners (NPs) in pediatric intensive care units have increased dramatically over recent years. Although state regulations are changing pediatric nurse practitioner certification, licensure and credentialing requirements, available acute care, and critical care educational programs are limited. Thus, entry-level practitioners continue to have varied clinical experience and...

Objectives To measure optimal medical and nursing-related result usually used indicators is mortality, complications in intensive care, quality of life and functional status after intensive care. Among these indicators, only the frequency of VAP and multi-resistant bacteria that coincides with the Institute of Medicine (2001) scientifically approved nursing indicators for person-centered care. ...