Background: The proper decision-making on weaning patients from the ventilator, removing endotracheal tube, reducing complications, and way of cooperating between doctor nurse is always one concerns intensive care unit (ICU) nurses. Objectives: This study aimed to determine effect clinical based interactive education successful extubations in ICU. Methods: quasi-experimental was conducted 50 nu...

BACKGROUND Admission into an intensive care unit (ICU) may result in long-term physical, cognitive, and emotional consequences for patients and their relatives. The care of the critically ill patient does not end upon ICU discharge; therefore, integrated and ongoing care during and after transition to the follow-up ward is pivotal. This study described the development of an intervention that re...

BACKGROUND Many nurses have reported experiencing high levels of occupational stress in their work environment. Stress, as an outcome of stressful workplaces and tasks, affects nursing behavior in hospital wards. The objectives of this research were to determine the prevalence of occupational stress and mental health problems in nurses in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Shahid Mohammadi Hospit...

Background: This study aimed to investigate the status and correlation between occupational stress and sleep quality of the nurses working in the cardiac surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Methods: Sixty cardiac surgical ICU nurses from two central hospitals in Shanghai were investigated by a general information questionnaire and the Occupational Stress Inventory Revised Edition OSI-R (OSI-R) ...

INTRODUCTION The communication between nurses and patients' families impacts patient well-being as well as the quality and outcome of nursing care, this study aimed to demonstrated the facilitators and barriers which influence the role of communication among Iranian nurses and families member in ICU. METHODS This study is a qualitative study with content analysis. Participants were eight regi...

BACKGROUND Managing anxiety, pain and delirium in critically ill patients is an ongoing challenge. Differences in physician practice, variations of pharmacological agents, as well as concentrations and units can increase the risk of medication error Personal preferences, subjectivity, and nurses' level of expertise are variables when titrating analgesic and sedation infusions. PURPOSE The pur...

BACKGROUND Quantitative studies have demonstrated several factors predictive of readmissions to intensive care. Clinical decision tools, derived from these factors have failed to reduce readmission rates. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore the experiences and perceptions of physicians and nurses to gain more insight into intensive care readmissions. METHODS Semi-structured...

OBJECTIVE To implement sedation and delirium monitoring via a process-improvement project in accordance with Society of Critical Care Medicine guidelines and to evaluate the challenges of modifying intensive care unit (ICU) organizational practice styles. DESIGN Prospective observational cohort study. SETTING The medical ICUs at two institutions: the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VU...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Type D personality and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses and to determine the mediating effect of resilience on this relationship. A cross-sectional survey was performed with 179 ICU nurses from 7 hospitals in Gyeong-Nam province, South Korea. The Type D personality, resilience...