OBJECTIVES The purpose of this research was to seek to understand the lived experience of intensive care nurses caring for patients with delirium. The objectives of this inquiry were: 1) To examine intensive care nurses' experiences of caring for adult patients with delirium; 2) To identify factors that facilitate or hinder intensive care nurses caring for these patients. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...

AIMS This article aims (a) to get insight into intensive care nurses' most critical work-related incidents, (b) their reactions and coping and (c) perceived support, in a Dutch intensive care unit. BACKGROUND Research about the impact of critical incidents has largely been aimed at ambulance and emergency nurses; knowledge about intensive care nurses in this respect is scarce. Persistent stre...

Amaç: Bu araştırmada yoğun bakım hemşirelerinin nütrisyonel farkındalıklarının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı nitelikteki araştırma, Türkiye’nin batı bölgesinde bir ilde bulunan hastanelerin erişkin bakımlarında çalışan hemşireleri ile gerçekleştirildi (n=143). Araştırmanın verileri, sosyo-demografik ve mesleki özelliklerini belirlemeye yönelik sorulardan oluşan anket formu, He...

Oral care is an important feature of nursing; it is known that oropharynx is considered the main reservoir of bacterial colonization, so the removal of oral infection is a major duty of all health care providers, particularly nurses. We performed this study to explore endotracheal tube and oral care practices for mechanically ventilated patients of Jordanian intensive care nurses, and to study ...

Background: Blood culture is a method in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and a gold standard for the diagnosis of infection that is essential for proper newborn management. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of nurses in the NICUs of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences using a standard sampling method. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 90 ...

Internationally, research on psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) commonly reports results from demographic studies such as criteria for admission, need for involuntary treatment, and the occurrence of violent behaviour. A few international studies describe the caring aspect of the PICUs based specifically on caregivers' experiences. The concept of PICU in Sweden is not clearly defined. The...