AIM Medication errors are dangerous for the patients in an intensive care unit (ICU). Little is known about knowledge, attitudes and professional behaviour of nurses towards prevention of errors and clinical risk management can reduce errors during the preparation and administration phases of intravenous drugs. In this study we have evaluated the reliability and validity of the questionnaire to...

Background and Objectives:Nurses in intensive care (ICU) wards often experience a wide range of stressful situations. Excessive work stress influences nurses’ physical and mental health and declines their life quality and the ability to work. High psychological stress can cause job dissatisfaction and job strain. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of psychological...

End of life care is a form comprehensive to help patients with life-threatening conditions and their families, which can be implemented in the intensive unit (ICU) setting. The aim this study was analyze factors associated nurses’ knowledge implementing end ICU. This quantitative research used an analytic-correlational design cross-sectional approach. sampling technique total sampling, all nurs...

Objective. To identify perceived barriers, supports and changes needed to improve end-of-life care (EOLC) in the intensive care unit (ICU) and to compare physicians’ perceptions with those of nurses. Methods. We conducted a survey of critical care physicians and nurses in an academic medical center via a 3-item survey with open-ended statements regarding the strongest barriers, supports and cha...

Utilizing advanced information technology, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) remote monitoring allows highly trained specialists to oversee a large number of patients at multiple sites on a continuous basis. In the current research, we conducted a time-motion study of registered nurses' work in an ICU remote monitoring facility. Data were collected on seven nurses through 40 hours of observation. The r...

BACKGROUND Although information technology adequately supports clinical care in many intensive care units (ICUs), it provides much poorer support for the managerial information needed to coordinate multi-professional care. To gain a general view of the most crucial multi-professional information needs of ICU shift leaders a national survey was conducted, focusing on the information needs of cha...

BACKGROUND The critical nursing shortage is particularly apparent in specialty areas such as intensive care units (ICUs). Some nurses develop resilient coping strategies and adapt to stressful work experiences, mitigating the development of common maladaptive psychological symptoms. OBJECTIVES To determine if a multimodal resilience training program for ICU nurses was feasible to perform and ...

PURPOSE This study investigated job stress and coping of ICU Nurses. METHOD Data was accumulated from 206 ICU nurses serving at least more than one year in 500 bed order hospitals during the period of three months from June 1, to August 30, 2006. RESULTS The average job stress was 2.96 +/- .95 points, which was relatively high. The average coping was 2.55 +/- .23 points. CONCLUSION The ex...