Pharmacological Treatments for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - July 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: CE Tests Source Type: research
Severe Hyperkalemia With Sine Wave ECG Pattern
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: ECG Challenges Source Type: research
Addressing 21st-Century Nursing Ethics: Implications for Critical Care Nurses
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: Ethics in Critical Care Source Type: research
Tools for Improving the Quality of Data Capture for Clinical Inquiry
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: Clinical Inquiry Source Type: research
Improving End-of-Life Care Prognostic Discussions: Role of Advanced Practice Nurses
This article provides an overview of effective intensive care unit prognostic systems and discusses barriers and opportunities for nurses to use evidence-based knowledge related to disease trajectory and prognosis to improve communication and the quality of palliative and end-of-life care for patients. (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Symposium Palliative Care for Advanced Practice Nurses Source Type: research
Palliative and End-of-Life Ethical Dilemmas in the Intensive Care Unit
Critical care nurses and advanced practice registered nurses frequently face bioethical dilemmas in clinical practice that are related to palliative and end-of-life care. Many of these dilemmas are associated with decisions made concerning continuing, limiting, or withdrawing life-sustaining treatments. The purpose of this article is to describe common ethical challenges through case study presentations and discuss approaches that critical care nurses and advanced practice registered nurses in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team can use to address these challenges. Resources that may be helpful in managing ethica...
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Symposium Palliative Care for Advanced Practice Nurses Source Type: research
Breaking Bad News and Discussing Goals of Care in the Intensive Care Unit
This article explores the art of communication, the learned skill of delivering bad news in the health care setting, and the incorporation of this news into a discussion about goals of care for patients. As APRNs learn to incorporate effective communication skills into practice, patient care and communication will ultimately be enhanced. (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Symposium Palliative Care for Advanced Practice Nurses Source Type: research
Resolving Communication Challenges in the Intensive Care Unit
Communication in the intensive care unit (ICU) is challenging because of complexity, high patient acuity, uncertainty, and ethical issues. Unfortunately, conflict is common, as several studies and reviews confirm. Three types of communication challenges are found in this setting: those within the ICU team, those between the ICU team and the patient or family, and those within the patient's family. Although specific evidence-based interventions are available for each type of communication challenge, all hinge on clinicians being culturally competent, respectful, and good communicators/listeners. Critical care advanced pract...
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Symposium Palliative Care for Advanced Practice Nurses Source Type: research
Caring for Dying Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: Managing Pain, Dyspnea, Anxiety, Delirium, and Death Rattle
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: CE Tests Source Type: research
Caring for Dying Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: Managing Pain, Dyspnea, Anxiety, Delirium, and Death Rattle
Critically ill patients receiving palliative care at the end of life are at high risk for experiencing pain, dyspnea, and death rattle. Nearly all these patients are at risk for the development of delirium. Patients who are alert may experience anxiety. Advanced practice nurses and staff nurses are integral to detecting and treating these symptoms. Pain, dyspnea, and anxiety should be routinely assessed by patient self-report when possible. Routine behavioral screening for delirium is recommended. Behavioral observation tools to detect pain and dyspnea and proxy assessments guide symptom identification when the patient can...
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Symposium Palliative Care for Advanced Practice Nurses Source Type: research
Palliative Care for Advanced Practice Nurses
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: SYMPOSIUM PALLIATIVE CARE FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES: Symposium Introduction Source Type: research
Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy Duration in Critically Ill Adults
Procalcitonin is a promising biomarker for antibiotic therapy because its levels rise and fall quickly with bacterial infections. A multidatabase literature search was reviewed with 3 primary prospective randomized control trials used in further analysis. The results indicated that a procalcitonin-guided antibiotic protocol reduces the number of days a patient has to take antibiotics while having no effect on mortality when compared with control groups. Short-term studies did not show a difference in the intensive care unit length of stay, infection relapse rate, superinfection rate, or multidrug-resistant bacteria rate be...
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Source Type: research
The Healthy Work Environment Standards: Ten Years Later
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: Creating a Healthy Workplace Source Type: research
American Nurses Association Releases New Scope and Standards of Nursing Informatics Practice
No abstract available (Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care)
Source: AACN Advanced Critical Care - April 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: Technology Today Source Type: research
