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Use of aromatherapy to promote a therapeutic nurse environment
Workplace stress can affect nurse satisfaction. Aroma therapy as a therapeutic use of essential oil can be beneficial in reducing stress. (Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - February 21, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Kari Johnson, Toni West, Shelly Diana, Jodi Todd, Brianna Haynes, Judy Bernhardt, Roberta Johnson Tags: Clinical research article Source Type: research

The ICU patient diary –A nursing intervention that is complicated in its simplicity: A qualitative study
Writing a diary for intensive care patients has been shown to facilitate patientrecovery and prevent post-traumatic stress following hospitalisation. (Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - February 20, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Anna-Karin Ednell, Sara Siljegren, Åsa Engström Source Type: research

The effectiveness of and satisfaction with high-fidelity simulation to teach cardiac surgical resuscitation skills to nurses
This section needs a heading, I suggest that the title background is move from below to here. The incidence of cardiac arrest after heart surgery is approximately 1.6 –5.2% (Guney et al., 2009; Lapar et al., 2014) with a 0.5% incidence of emergency re-sternotomy (Adam et al., 2009). Survival to hospital discharge is 37–50% (Maccaroni et al., 2013; Ortmann et al., 2011). Learning the skills involved in cardiac surgical (CS) resuscitation is an important for nu rses working in CS units. (Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - February 18, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Marion E. McRae, Alice Chan, Renee Hulett, Ai Jin Lee, Bernice Coleman Tags: Original article Source Type: research

Introduction of Tele-ICU in rural hospitals: Changing organisational culture to harness benefits
This study evaluates rural hospital staff perceptions of a telemedicine ICU (Tele-ICU) before and after implementation. (Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - February 15, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Cassie Cunningham Goedken, Jane Moeckli, Peter M. Cram, Heather Schacht Reisinger Tags: Original article Source Type: research

The effect of nonpharmacological training on delirium identification and intervention strategies of intensive care nurses
This study aims to investigate the effect of nonpharmacological intervention training on delirium recognition and the intervention strategies of intensive care (ICU) nurses. (Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - February 14, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Ay şegül Öztürk Birge, Hatice Tel Aydin Tags: Original article Source Type: research

Working together: critical care nurses experiences of temporary staffing within Swedish health care: A qualitative study
The aim of this study is to describe critical care nurses (CCN ’s) experiences of working with or as temporary agency staff. (Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - February 12, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Anna Berg Jansson, Åsa Engström Tags: Original article Source Type: research

Nurses ’ experiences of what constitutes the encounter with children visiting a sick parent at an adult ICU
Despite a cultural change in visitation policies for children (0 –17 years) in the intensive care unit (ICU) to a more open approach, children are still restricted from visiting for various reasons. To overcome these obstacles, it is vital to determine what is needed while encountering a child. (Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - February 12, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Susanne Knutsson, Karin Ensk är, Marie Golsäter Tags: Original article Source Type: research

Overcoming nursing barriers to intensive care unit early mobilisation: A quality improvement project
Technological advancements in critical care have increased intensive care unit (ICU) survivorship. Survivors may experience functional impairment 5 –15 years after critical illness, resulting in decreased quality of life and increased use and cost of healthcare services (Herridge et al., 2011; Yosef-Brauner et al., 2015). These long-term post-ICU physical impairments are due in part to intensive care unit acquired weakness (ICUAW). ICUAW is a syndrome of multifactorial etiology that results in impaired ventilator weaning and prolonged intensive care unit length of stay (LOS) (Desai et al., 2011; Lipshutz and Gropper, 201...
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - February 9, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Oluwatobi O. Hunter, Elisabeth L. George, Dianxu Ren, Douglas Morgan, Margaret Rosenzweig, Patricia Klinefelter Tuite Source Type: research

A qualitative study of nurse observations of symptoms in infants at end-of-life in the neonatal intensive care unit
This study explored how nurses observed and managed infant symptoms at the end-of-life in a neonatal intensive care unit. (Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - February 7, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Christine A. Fortney, Deborah K. Steward Tags: Original article Source Type: research

An interventional skin care protocol (InSPiRE) to reduce incontinence-associated dermatitis in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit: A before and after study
Critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are a unique, vulnerable population at high risk of skin damage. The nature of the critical illness necessitating admission to the ICU often dictates that patients are mechanically ventilated, managed with sedative and opiate infusions, receive multiple antimicrobial therapy and are enterally fed. These factors all contribute to faecal incontinence and diarrhoea (Jack et al., 2010). Incontinence, specifically faecal incontinence in critically ill patients, is a significant and direct causal factor for the development of a hospital-acquired skin injury; incontinence-a...
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - February 7, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Fiona Coyer, Anne Gardner, Anna Doubrovsky Source Type: research

Chest x-ray quiz
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Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - February 3, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

A return to the basics; nurses ’ practices and knowledge about interventional patient hygiene in critical care units
The Nursing profession is struggling to return to basic nursing care to maintain patients ’ safety. “Interventional patient hygiene” (IPH) is a measurement model for reducing the bioburden of both the patient and health care worker, and its components are hand hygiene, oral care, skin care/antisepsis, and catheter site care. (Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - January 24, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Azza H. El-Soussi, Hayam I. Asfour Source Type: research

Effects of technology on nursing care and caring attributes of a sample of Iranian critical care nurses
To examine the association between attitudes of critical care nurses about influences of technology and their caring attributes. (Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - January 22, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Behnaz Bagherian, Sakineh Sabzevari, Tayebeh Mirzaei, Ali Ravari Tags: Original article Source Type: research

Learning to manage vasoactive drugs —A qualitative interview study with critical care nurses
Being a nurse in an intensive care unit entails caring for seriously ill patients. Vasoactive drugs are one of the tools that are used to restore adequate circulation. Critical care nurses often manage and administer these potent drugs after medical advice from physicians. (Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - January 16, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Marie H äggström, Ann-Christin Bergsman, Ulrika Månsson, Malin Rising Holmström Tags: Original article Source Type: research

Corrigendum to “A study on reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Face Anxiety Scale on mechanically-ventilated patients” [Intensive Crit. Care Nurs. 37 (2016) 46–51]
The authors regret to inform readers that the reference to the name of scale used in this article is incorrect. The correct name of the scale is the Faces Anxiety Scale. (Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - December 10, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Emine Iyigun, Berrin Pazar, Sevinc Tastan Tags: Corrigendum Source Type: research