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Fisher, Joyce Ann. "Critical thinking in critical care nurses." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1036181.

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Critical care nurses need finely honed critical thinking skills in order to be safe, competent, and skillful practitioners of their profession. If clinical nurses do not learn how to reason effectively, they may make inappropriate decisions about their patients' care, ultimately resulting in increased patient mortality (Fonteyn, 1991). In addition, increasing nurses' decision-making and autonomy has been shown to improve job satisfaction and retention (Prescott, 1986).There are many authors who write about the need for developing critical thinking skills among practicing professional nurses (C
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Currey, Judy A., and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Critical care nurses' haemodynamic decision making." Deakin University. School of Nursing, 2003. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050728.094123.

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For cardiac surgical patients, the immediate 2-hour recovery period is distinguished by potentially life-threatening haemodynamic instability. To ensure optimum patient outcomes, nurses of varying levels of experience must make rapid and accurate decisions in response to episodes of haemodynamic instability. Decision complexity, nurses’ characteristics, and environmental characteristics, have each been found to influence nurses' decision making in some form. However, the effect of the interplay between these influences on decision outcomes has not been investigated. The aim of the research rep
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Akinwolere, Oladele Augustine Odunayo. "Psychological Stress in Critical Care Nurses." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3134.

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Increased levels of stress in the workplace have led the American Psychological Association to predict a looming public health crisis. Critical care nurses (CCNs) are highly exposed to stressors in the workplace, more than other nurses. Tens of billion dollars were reported lost in productive work time yearly due to ill health from depression alone. An important gap remains in understanding the relationships of stressors with the amount of stress. Supported by the biopsychosocial stress theory, the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between frequencies of perceived stresso
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Callender, Debra. "Compassion Fatigue Among Critical Care Nurses." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7464.

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Compassion fatigue (CF), also known as secondary traumatic stress (STS), impacts critical care nurses (CCN) through exposure to pain, suffering, and loss of those for whom they provide care and results in a reduction of compassion satisfaction (CS). High incidence of CF and turnover (TO) rates at the project site were identified among CCNs. The institution's CCN TO rate was at 81% in comparison to peers in other areas at 29%–35%. The practice-focused question asked whether leadership education on CF might ameliorate CF at the project site. The purpose of the Doctor of Nursing Practice projec
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Alasad, Jafer A. "A phenomenology of critical care: The lived experience of critical care nurses." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487878.

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This study investigates the experiences of twenty-two critical care nurses in an attempt to uncover the essential elements in the practice of critical care nursing. The study is grounded in the phenomenological hermeneutics of Martin Heidegger and argues that this methodology is compatible with the humanistic values of nursing. Data were generated from in-depth interviews and overt participant observation. The process of data analysis was guided by Heidegger's notions of phenomenological reflection and hermeneutic circle, Van Manen's (1990) process of thematic analysis and Draper's (1997) anal
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Hendricks, Lucia Elizabeth. "Critical thinking : perspectives and experiences of critical care nurses." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71821.

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Thesis (MCurr)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The increasingly complex role of the critical care nurse in an intensive care environment demands a much higher level of critical thinking and clinical judgment skill than ever before. Critical thinking in nursing practice may be defined as the cognitive ability to analyse, predict and transform knowledge, ensuring quality nursing care. To reason from a nurse’s perspective requires that we learn the content of nursing; this includes the concepts, ideas and theories of nursing. The aim and objectives of the study were to explor
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Thibault-Pervost, Jocelyne Lucie Marie. "Critical care nurses' perceptions of DNR status." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq22749.pdf.

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Allen, Rose. "Addressing moral distress in critical care nurses." NSUWorks, 2015. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_con_stuetd/17.

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Ferrel, Cynthia Lynn. "The experience of critical care nurses in initiating hospice care." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2008. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1453534.

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Krinsky, Robin S. "Fatigue and Alarm Fatigue in Critical Care Nurses." Case Western Reserve University Doctor of Nursing Practice / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casednp1428102757.

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Baxter, Marian. ""Being certain": Moral distress in critical care nurses." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2939.

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Published literature has focused on understanding moral distress from a descriptive standpoint. Missing from the literature is an exploration of the role a nurse can play in his/her/own moral distress.A qualitative study with an interpretive design incorporated Clandinin and Connelly' narrative methodology. Results highlighted assumptions were made by participants in the absence of resources, which led them to" know the right action to take" from their own perspective.
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Trapani, Josef. "Referring in critical care : nurses as dual agents." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2014. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/9dc6a371-cf8b-40ea-ac8d-836517a1c5e5.

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Previous research has suggested that critical care nurses' close and prolonged contact with patients places them in a unique position of improving patient outcomes and reducing the demand on critical care beds by detecting subtle signs of deterioration in a timely manner and identifying patient progression and readiness for less intensive care. Nonetheless, nurses rarely take decisions about patients' treatment modalities on their own, and constantly need to seek advice or authorisation. Indeed, several studies suggested that one of the most frequent decisions taken by nurses during clinical p
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Engström, Åsa. "Close relatives of critically ill persons in intensive and critical care : the experiences of close relatives and critical care nurses." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Omvårdnad, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-18362.

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The aim of the licentiate thesis was to describe close relatives of critically ill persons within intensive and critical care from the perspective of close relatives and of critical care nurses. The data were collected by means of qualitaive research interviews with seven partners of persons who had been critically ill and cared for in an intensive care unit, and with focus groups discussions with 24 critical care nurses. The data were then analysed using a qualitative thematic content analysis.This study shows it was a frightening experience to see the person critically ill in an unknown envi
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Skinner, Jan. "Experiencing humour: A critical care phenomenon." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 1997. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/b3457ad8a05188b5584c3a400226e77870c660e60417f230e0e150924fb04dd1/1706537/Skinner_1997_Experiencing_humour_a_critical_care_phenomenon.pdf.

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Humour, whilst frequently occurring within the Critical Care environment, has been traditionally viewed as both macabre and in poor taste. However, for the Registered Nurse working in this setting, humour plays a vital role in the day to day functioning at the unit level, and is identified as an important component in the development of interpersonal relationships between both co-workers and clients. Therefore, by describing this experience, the thesis seeks to elucidate this concept of humour and the experience of this phenomenon for the Registered Nurse working within the Critical Care envir
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Forozeiya, Dana. "Critical Care Nurses’ Experiences of Coping with Moral Distress." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35894.

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Over the last three decades, there has been a growing body of literature that has described moral distress as a prominent issue that negatively affects critical care nurses. However, little focus has been given to how nurses cope and continue on in their practice despite the hardship that moral distress can cause. This study sought to reveal nurses’ strategies of coping with moral distress to allow for a better understanding of this aspect of critical care nurses’ experiences. This study adopted a qualitative design that used Thorne’s (2008) approach to interpretative description. Face-to-face
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Major, Joanne E. "Critical care nurses' use of humour, an exploratory study." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ32178.pdf.

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Kroeger, Linda L. "Critical care nurses: their knowledge and experiences regarding the acutely confused elderly." Thesis, Boston University, 1988. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/38058.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University<br>PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.<br>The purpose of this descriptive study was to describe critical care nurses knowledge and experience regarding the acutely confused elderly. A questionnaire, developed by the investigator, was mailed to two hun
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Emmons, Margaret M. "Exploring the Enteral Feeding Practices Used by Critical Care Nurses: A Dissertation." eScholarship@UMMS, 2014. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsn_diss/34.

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Mechanically ventilated critically ill patients treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) require enteral feedings to maintain adequate nutrition during critical illness. Delivery of adequate enteral nutrition is also critical to the recovery of critically ill patients. Enteral nutrition has been shown to decrease length of time on the ventilator, decrease length of stay and ICU and decrease mortality. Despite all the evidence regarding the benefits of enteral nutrition, critically ill patients continue to receive less than their prescribed calories and protein. Nurses are in a unique position
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Crawford, Theresa E. "Factors influencing critical care nurses' involvement with families in the intensive care unit." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0034/MQ66627.pdf.

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Lamoreaux, Nicole. "Critical Care Nurses' Perceptions of End-of-Life Care: Comparative 17-year Data." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6382.

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BACKGROUND: Nurses working in intensive care units (ICUs) frequently care for patients and their families at the end-of-life (EOL). Providing high quality EOL care is important for both patients and families, yet ICU nurses face many obstacles that hinder EOL care. Researchers have identified various ICU nurse-perceived obstacles, but no studies have been found addressing the progress that has been made over the last 17 years.OBJECTIVE: To determine the most common and current obstacles in EOL care as perceived by ICU nurses and then to evaluate whether or not meaningful changes have occurred
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Campbell, Nancy, and University of Lethbridge School of Health Sciences. "Transitions in death : the lived experience of critical care nurses." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, School of Health Sciences, 2008, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/653.

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Critical care nurses often face the ordeal of witnessing a patient's death in a tense and stressful environment. Anecdotal stories shared among nurses reveal that unusual experiences often occur at the time of or after a patient's death. This hermeneutic phenomenological study explored the meaning of these experiences for critical care nurses. Using Parse's research method, in-depth interviews were conducted with six critical care nurses who described their experiences at the time of a patient's death as well as during the post-death period. These experiences brought a sense of peace and comfo
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Mansour, Mansour. "Critical care nurses' views on medication administration : an organizational perspective." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2009. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11014/.

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The Organizational Safety Space Model (OSSM) was developed as a tool to investigate the factors which influence the safety of industrial operations. It is applied in this study to investigate the safety of medication administration in adult critical care settings, including Intensive Care Units and High Dependency Units. In this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 33 adult critical care nurses. The participants’ views on the safety of medication administration were analyzed using OSSM. The data suggested that the safety of medication administration is subject to complex influ
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Chang, Catherina Ivette. "Relationship between personality hardiness and critical care nurses' perception of stress and coping in the critical care environment." FIU Digital Commons, 2000. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2107.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between critical care nurses' perception of stress, their ability to cope with stress, and the hardiness personality they possess while working in the critical care environment. A non-experimental, descriptive, correlational survey design was applied to a convenience sample of 50 registered nurses employed in the critical care units of a South Florida health care facility. The data collection methods included a demographic survey, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Health-Related Hardiness Scale, and the COPE inventory. The results of th
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Kaddoura, Mahmoud. "New graduate nurses' perception of critical thinking development in critical care nursing training programs /." Access online resource, 2009. http://scholar.simmons.edu/bitstream/handle/10090/9655/Mahmoud%20Dissertation%207%20%20JULY.pdf?sequence=1.

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Mallory, Caitlin Brook. "Critical Care Nurses' Experiences of Family Behaviors as Obstacles in End-of-Life Care." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6903.

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Background: Critical care nurses (CCNs) frequently provide end-of-life care for critically ill patients. CCNs may face many obstacles while trying to provide quality EOL care. Some research focusing on obstacles CCNs face while trying to provide quality EOL care has been published; however, research focusing on family behavior obstacles is limited. Research focusing on family behavior as an EOL care obstacle may provide additional insight and improvement in care. Objective: What are the predominant themes noted when CCNs share their experiences of common obstacles, relating to families in prov
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Perry, Mary Barbara. "Critical care nurses' perceptions of their experience with nursing quality assurance." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28795.

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The purpose of this study was to describe critical care nurses' perceptions of their experiences with nursing quality assurance activities. Using an exploratory, descriptive design, data were collected in a survey, utilizing a self-administered questionnaire. A convenience sample of critical care nurses, who are members of the Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses, was used. The results showed that these particular nurses knew what comprised the components of a nursing quality assurance program, however, their participation in these activities was low. In addition, the majority identifi
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Altman, Marian. "A Biobehavioral Approach to Examining Moral Distress in Critical Care Nurses." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5148.

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Moral distress is a complex and challenging problem that may cause negative biopsycohosical and professional outcomes for critical care nurses. The purpose of this work was to explore the relationship between the ethical climate of the work environment and moral distress as experienced by critical care nurses; and to explore relationships among mediators of stress (nurse characteristics e.g. education (BSN, nonBSN), years certified as a critical care nurse, and tolerance of ambiguity) and their relationship with perceived stress, moral distress, health status and salivary alpha amylase. A desc
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LeBlanc, Allana E. "The Experience of Intensive Care Nurses Caring for Patients with Delirium." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34266.

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The purpose of this research was to seek a deep understanding of the lived experience of intensive care nurses caring for patients with delirium. Delirium affects a large proportion of adult patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Delirium has been linked to increased morbidity and mortality, longer intensive care and hospital length of stay, long-term cognitive impairments, short-term and long-term psychological distress, and increased hospital and health system costs. Critical care nurses play central roles in preventing, identifying, and treating ICU patients with delirium. Semi-str
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Bechtel, Cynthia Francis. "Emergency Nurses’ Experiences with Critical Incidents: A Dissertation." eScholarship@UMMS, 2009. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsn_diss/13.

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This qualitative descriptive research study was undertaken to describe the experiences of emergency nurses with critical incidents and identify strategies used to manage these situations in the emergency department setting. Critical incidents are events, such as death or serious injury, that cause a strong emotional reaction and may overwhelm a nurse‘s usual coping skills. Nineteen nurses who worked in one of two community-based emergency departments in Central Massachusetts were interviewed and asked to describe a critical incident they had experienced in their nursing career. Qualitative con
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Fiege, Carolin. "Decision Making Experiences of Nurses Choosing to Work in Critical Care." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20251.

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Objective: To explore the decision making approaches used by nurses who chose to work in critical care and factors influencing the process of decision making. Design and methods Qualitative descriptive methods using semi-structured interviews with nurses who had chosen to work in critical care within the past year. Results Ten nurses weighed staying in their current positions with moving to critical care. Two nurses considered two or more specialty units. The nurses used rational-intuitive and satisficing decision making approaches in making their employment decision. Limited knowledge and
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Bennett, Paul Norman, and paul bennett@flinders edu au. "SATELLITE HAEMODIALYSIS NURSES’ PERCEPTIONS OF QUALITY NURSING CARE: A CRITICAL ETHNOGRAPHY." Flinders University. Nursing and Midwifery, 2009. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au./local/adt/public/adt-SFU20090828.154836.

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People living with end stage kidney disease require dialysis or kidney transplantation to maintain life. Of those receiving dialysis in Australia, most people receive this treatment in satellite haemodialysis centres that are nurse-run, community-based clinics. Nurses provide the majority of care in these clinics with little or no on-site medical support, yet there has been minimal research exploring nursing care, or perceptions of nurses, in the satellite haemodialysis context. The major aim of this study was to explore satellite dialysis nurses’ perceptions of quality care. Fundamental to th
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Whelan, Ruth N. "Factors influencing critical care nurses' participation level in continuing nursing education." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0015/MQ49464.pdf.

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Ruggerio, Christine Marie. "The relationship between stress and coping mechanisms among critical care nurses." Virtual Press, 1992. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/845963.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among perceived stress, stressors, and coping mechanisms of nurses in the areas of the intensive care unit, coronary care unit, cardiac recovery unit, and the emergency room. It was proposed that nurses in these areas perceive environmental and job stressors for which they developed specific copingmechanisms. It was further proposed that a relationship exists between levels of stress and coping mechanisms used by nurses.All registered nurses (RN's) and licensed practical nurses (LPN's) in each of the above units at Ball Memorial Hos
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Shubane, Nancy. "Black critical care nurses' perceptions of organ donation and organ transplantation." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10262009-185326/.

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Anthonie, Ramona F. G. "The experiences of critical nurses regarding staffing management in critical care units in private hospitals of the Cape Metropole." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71776.

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Thesis (MCurr)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Nurse managers are responsible to staff different hospital units and departments with sufficient, trained and experienced personnel. Most critical care units in the private healthcare in South Africa are staffed below maximum workload levels and additional staff is supplemented when needed. Current staffing management strategies comprises the application of the patient acuity score, the utilisation of contracted agency staff and ward staff who assist occasionally in the critical care unit (CCU). The aim of the study was to ex
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Engström, Åsa. "Close relatives of critically ill persons in intensive care : the experiences of close relatives and of critical care nurses /." Luleå : Luleå University of Technology, 2006. http://epubl.ltu.se/1402-1757/2006/22/.

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Odorisio, Cathy. "The relationship between critical care nurses' knowledge and attitude toward organ procurement /." Staten Island, N.Y. : [s.n.], 1991. http://library.wagner.edu/theses/nursing/1991/thesis_nur_1991_odori_relat.pdf.

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Ezennaya, Chidiogo. "Critical care Nurses Experiences of Taking Reports of Patients From Other Units." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för vård, arbetsliv och välfärd, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-21489.

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The critical care unit (CCU) is a unit where different health care professionals work together to care for the patient efficiently. A lot of studies in the past have shown that good communication and transfer of information from one health care professional to the other is an essential aspect in the transfer of a patients care. Most of these studies are concentrated on the reporter or informant. Lapses in communication and information transfer could result in unnecessary suffering both for the patient and for the health care worker. There are very few studies on how well the recipient of the i
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Hadley, Kacie Hart. "Critical-Care Nurses' Suggestions to Improve End-of-Life Care Obstacles: Minimal Change Over 17 years." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6584.

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Background: Critical-care nurses (CCN) provide end-of life (EOL) care on a daily basis as one in five patients dies while in Intensive Care Units (ICU). CCNs overcome many obstacles to perform quality EOL care for dying patients. Objectives: The purposes of this study were to collect CCNs' current suggestions for improving EOL care and determine if EOL care obstacles have changed by comparing results to data gathered in 1998. Methods: A 72-item questionnaire regarding EOL care perceptions was mailed to a national, geographically dispersed, random sample of 2,000 members of the American Associa
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Gaffney, Mary Kathryn. "Critical Care Nurses' Perceptions of Their Knowledge and Self-Efficacy About Providing End-of-Life Care." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/886.

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Most nurses receive limited formal education regarding end-of-life (EOL) care, which affects their ability to meet dying patients' needs. Guided by Bandura's social learning theory, this explanatory correlational study examined the relationships between critical care nurses' personal and professional characteristics and their perceived knowledge and self-efficacy when providing EOL care at an academic medical center. Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants from the eligible adult, pediatric, and neonatal critical care nurses for this study. The 67 participants completed the End-o
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Ranse, Kristen Louise. "End-of-life care in the critical care setting : nurses' practices and factors affecting these practices." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2013. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63977/1/Kristen_Ranse_Thesis.pdf.

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Background: Critical care units are designed and resourced to save lives, yet the provision of end-of-life care is a significant component of nursing work in these settings. Limited research has investigated the actual practices of critical care nurses in the provision of end-of-life care, or the factors influencing these practices. To improve the care that patients at the end of life and their families receive, and to support nurses in the provision of this care, further research is needed. The purpose of this study was to identify critical care nurses' end-of-life care practices, the factor
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Duncan-Grant, Alec. "Clinical supervision activity among mental health nurses : a critical organizational ethnography." Thesis, University of Brighton, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299192.

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This qualitative study IS underpinned by interpretive-constructionist methodological governing principles, and took shape around a developing research focus and aim rather than in relation to pre-existing research questions. The focus of the research is on clinical supervision activity. This refers to formal and informal research encounters with participants and significant others in the organization in which the study was carried out, about: the experience of the practice of clinical supervision; attempts to translate textual prescription and description of clinical supervision into organizat
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Stokes, Heather. "Intensive Care Nurses' Meaningful Experiences in Providing End-of-Life Care." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/37224.

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End-of-life care (EOLC) has become a significant area of expertise in the intensive care unit (ICU). Critical care nurses are the primary caregivers of patients in the ICU and they provide EOLC for patients and families daily. Nurses have portrayed EOLC as difficult and demanding work; yet, they have also described their experiences of providing EOLC as rewarding, gratifying, and a privilege. The purpose of this study was to explore nurses’ meaningful experiences with providing EOLC for patients and families in the context of the ICU. Van Manen’s approach to interpretive phenomenology was used
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Dilig-Ruiz, Alison. "Job Satisfaction Among Critical Care Nurses: A Systematic Review of Contributing Factors, Individual and Organizational." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36068.

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The purpose of this thesis was to conduct a systematic review of studies on critical care nurses’ job satisfaction. Specific research questions addressed were: 1) What are the conceptual definitions and theories of job satisfaction that are used in studies of critical care nurses?; 2) What instruments have been used to quantitatively measure and operationally define job satisfaction among critical care nurses?; 3) What is the level of job satisfaction among critical care nurses?; and 4) What factors are correlated to critical care nurses’ job satisfaction? Sixty-one studies were identified fro
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Mahmoodi, Mahnaz. "Patient perceptions of caring behaviors of nurses in a critical care setting unit." Virtual Press, 1998. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1117108.

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Caring is a universal need of all humans and is central to the practice of nursing (Watson, 1979). Considerable research has been conducted in the study of caring behavior and caring. However, there has been little nursing research which focuses on the meaning of care as perceived by the patient. The purpose of this study was to further determine the patient's perceptions of caring behaviors of nurses by using Watson's (1979) theory of carative nursing.Watson's theory identified ten carative factors which served as the basis for the caring behavior's assessment instrument's (CBA) seven subscal
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Garwood, Bruce. "Nurses' perceptions of caring for dying patients in critical care| A phenomenologic study." Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10240722.

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<p> Dying with dignity in the critical care unit (CCU) is a difficult process to define and limited information is available to assist with that definition. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the critical care nurses lived experiences of caring for the dying patient in CCU. Understanding nurses&rsquo; perceptions and lived experiences of the phenomena will contribute to nursing knowledge, new insights for nurse leaders, and the possible development of a nursing model to guide nurses who are providing care to the dying patient. A qualitative, descriptive pheno
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Herrle, Sarah. "How Pediatric Critical Care Nurses Manage Their Work-Related Grief: A Focused Ethnography." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491818265095913.

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Olatunji, Olatunde. "Education Program for Critical Care Nurses on Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7888.

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Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the most frequently reported hospital-acquired condition, affecting more than 560,000 patients each year. CAUTIs prolong hospital stays and increase health care costs, and they can result in patient morbidity and mortality. Nurses can be empowered by receiving education and knowledge to manage and identify urinary catheters that are not clinically indicated. The purpose of this project was to develop an education program on CAUTI prevention for critical care nurses using the teach-back method. The conceptual framework that guided this p
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Hain, Abigail. "How expert professional nurses practice and develop nurse presence in a critical care unit: A grounded theory study." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27461.

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The intent of this thesis was to increase understanding of the nurse's presence in clinical nursing practice within the critical care setting. Nurse presence is employed to achieve an enhanced connection with patients and has been described as both being there for and being with the other. Highly technological intensive care environments have the potential to objectify patients and present unique challenges to nursing professionals attempting to integrate this aesthetic art into their care. Purpose. The purpose of this study was to examine how critical care nurses practice and develop nurse pr
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Lawrence, Lisa Ann. "Work Engagement, Moral Distress, Education Level, and Critical Reflective Practice in Intensive Care Nurses." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193772.

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The purpose of this study was to examine how nurses' critical reflective practice, education level, and moral distress related to their work engagement. This is an area of study relevant to nursing, given documented United States Registered Nurse (RN) experiences of job related distress and work dissatisfaction, and the nursing shortage crisis. Nurses are central players in the provision of quality health care. There is need for better understanding of RNs' work engagement and factors that may enhance their work experience. A theoretical framework of critical reflective practice was develop
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