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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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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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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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Duffy, M. J. "Endothelial dysfunction in critical care." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.546047.

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Thomson, Sam J. "Liver dysfunction in critical care." Thesis, St George's, University of London, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.546794.

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Hughes, Felicity. "Relatives' experiences of critical care." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.421320.

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Hodkinson, Peter William. "Developing a patient-centred care pathway for paediatric critical care in the Western Cape." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17259.

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Includes bibliographical references<br>Background: Emergency care of critically ill or injured children requires prompt identification, high quality treatment and rapid referral. This study examines the critical care pathways in a health system to identify preventable care failures by evaluating the entire pathway to care, the quality of care at each step along the referral pathway, and the impact on patient outcomes. Methods: A year-long cohort study of critically ill and injured children was performed in Cape Town, South Africa, from first presentation until paediatric intensive care unit ad
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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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Jeddian, Alireza. "Is critical care service relevant to Iran's hospital care?" Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5486/.

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The numbers of acutely ill patients (AIP) are admitted in general hospital wards increased. The failing to identify, manage and deliver timely and optimal care to AIPs may lead to catastrophic outcomes. A qualitative study aimed to define the current state of AIPs in Iranian hospitals showed the flaws and shortcomings in the current services for identifying and managing AIPs. An evaluation study was designed to explore the potential impact of Critical Care Service (CCS) in an Iranian University Hospital. The study design was a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. The study includ
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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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Xie, Hui. "The sound environment in critical care." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.555221.

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It has been widely accepted that noise levels in hospitals are typically higher than the guidelines. This research aims to systematically investigate the sound field in critical care environment, develop the prediction models, and explore the acoustic effects on patients and staff. The Critical Care Units at two local NHS hospitals have been selected for case studies. Three core categories with plenty of interactions were identified by means of grounded theory for the acoustic environment, namely 'time-dependant sounds', 'role-dependant people' and 'departmental-dependant space', and the impro
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Blakemore, Amy. "Insulin sensitivity tools for critical care." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2606.

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Stress induced hyperglycaemia is prevalent in critical care. Since the landmark paper published by Van den Berghe et al. (2001) a great deal of attention has been paid to intensive insulin therapy in an ICU setting to combat the adverse effects of elevated glucose levels and poor glycaemic control. Glycaemic control protocols have been extensively developed, tested and validated within an ICU setting. However, little research has been conducted on the effects of a glycaemic control protocol in a less acute ward setting. There are many additional challenges presented in a ward setting, such as
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Christensen, Martin. "Advancing practice in critical care nursing." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2008. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/15988/.

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This thesis presents a body of publications in the area of critical care nursing, for the consideration of the award Doctor of Philosophy by publication. The publications and their dissemination herein contribute to a new and original body of knowledge within critical care nursing practice. This thesis aims to demonstrate how an original contribution to the advancement of critical care practice has developed through an on-going integration of academic and practice work and has led to the development of a model for advancing practice. Based on the know-that and know-how framework of advanced kn
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Abelha, Fernando José Pereira Alves. "Outcome in surgical critical care patients." Doctoral thesis, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/55332.

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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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Abelha, Fernando José Pereira Alves. "Outcome in surgical critical care patients." Tese, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/55332.

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Foley, Jo Anne. "Providing Optimal Nutrition in Critical Care." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2351.

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Malnutrition among hospitalized patients is prevalent and associated with adverse outcomes. At the health care facility for which this quality improvement (QI) initiative was developed, patients were not consistently fed within the nationally recommended 48 hours. The purpose of this project was to facilitate the early initiation of enteral feedings to prevent malnutrition in a vulnerable patient group by development of an evidence-based enteral feeding policy, algorithm, and nursing education module. The find, organize, clarify, understand, select, plan, do, check, and act model provided a sy
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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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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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Cowley, Nicholas John. "Point of care intravenous anaesthetic measurement in anaesthesia and critical care." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5127/.

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Maintenance of anaesthesia using the intravenous agent propofol has increased following development of pharmacokinetic models. An analyser capable of determining propofol concentrations at the point of care may lead to an improved accuracy of drug delivery. Validation work on a novel analyser measuring propofol concentration in near real time demonstrate a high level of precision for samples in the clinical range. Further work in the clinical setting was carried out using the novel propofol analyser to further research its potential use in a diverse patient cohort. Studies were performed in in
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Johnson, Stephanie Buchan. "A critical analysis of advance care planning in Australian cancer care." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/18165.

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Over the past three decades, advance care planning (ACP) programs have been widely instituted and supported by legislation in many parts of the world. The objective of this thesis is explore both the concept and the practice of ACP in the care of Australian patients with cancer. The empirical bioethics study was undertaken via three data collection strategies: 1) a systematic review of the literature regarding stakeholders’ values, perceptions and experiences of ACP, and a methodological review of existing studies which aim to assess concordance between patients’ EoL wishes and the care they
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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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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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Comeau, Odette. "Delirium Screening in Adult Critical Care Patients." ScholarWorks, 2016. http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1675.

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Delirium is an acute change in cognition accompanied by inattention, which affects up to 88% of adult critical care patients. Delirium causes increased hospital complications, longer lengths of hospital stay, functional disability, cognitive impairment, and increased mortality. The purpose of this evidence-based quality-improvement project was to implement and evaluate a delirium screening process in adult intensive care units at a large medical center. This included education of nurses, implementation of a structured, validated tool, and review of tool use documentation. The implementation of
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Jones, Mari. "Modelling activities in a Critical Care Unit." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2008. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54919/.

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The Critical Care Unit (CCU) is the sector of the hospital where, as the name suggests, critically ill patients receive treatment. The main aim of this research is to identify and apply suitable Operational Research techniques to model patient flow in the CCU at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. The Operational Research techniques employed in this thesis include queueing theory and simulation. These methods have been utilised previously in the field of healthcare with much success. The thesis begins by considering two aspects of queueing theory, namely batch service queueing theory an
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Swickard, Scott W. "Patient Safety Events During Critical Care Transport." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1468431671.

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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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Almansour, Issa Mohammad Ali. "Transitioning towards end-of-life care in Jordanian critical care units : health care professionals' perspectives." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2015. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29464/.

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This study explored the experiences of Jordanian critical care staff about the transition to, and provision of, end of life care. It examined the difficulties they encountered, and how they sought to care for and communicate with the families of patients who were approaching the end of life. The study took place in two University hospitals in different cities. A mixed methods design in two phases was adopted. The first phase employed the “National Survey of Critical Care Nurses' Perceptions of End-of-Life Care” (adapted with permission) to elicit the views of critical care staff (N=104) about
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Cummins, Molly. "COMMUNICATING CARE: A CRITICAL COMMUNICATION PEDAGOGY OF CARE IN THE UNIVERSITY CLASSROOM." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/809.

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The university classroom is an invaluable site for social activism. In this study, I focus on the university classroom in order to consider how university instructors care for students. More specifically, I consider what I call critical care--that is, care underscored by critical and critical communication pedagogy. I start by defining care, critical pedagogy, and critical communication pedagogy. Then, I focus on my own experiences autoethnographically to understand some of the ways I have come to understand care. After conducting interviews with teachers and those teachers' former students, I
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Greaves, Judith M. "Understanding palliative care: An ethnographic study of three Australian palliative care services." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2005. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1553.

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Palliative care commenced in Australia in the early 1980s. Although the value of palliative care has become more widely recognised by the public and other health care professionals, there is still a lack of understanding about what palliative care is and the depth and scope of this specialty area of health care. The research that I present in this thesis is based on examination of palliative care practice in a selection of Australian services, undertaken with the aim of enhancing understanding of Palliative Care. The significance of the research arises from the notion that members of the Austr
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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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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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Lee, Teresa M. "Family members' experiences of a critical care episode." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0019/MQ57239.pdf.

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Komenda, Izabela. "Modelling critical care unit activities through queueing theory." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/47686/.

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Critical Care Units (CCUs) are one of the most complex and expensive of all medical resources and hospital managers are challenged to meet the demand for critical care services with adequate capacity. The pressure on critical care beds is continuously increasing as new medical equipment provides the opportunity to save more patients lives. It is therefore crucial that beds are managed well and used efficiently. This thesis describes two major projects, the first undertaken in conjunction with the CCU at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff (UHW); and the second with two CCUs from the An
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Silva, Andreia Luísa Reis da. "Emergency and critical care of the avian patient." Master's thesis, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3988.

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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária<br>Increasing numbers of exotic animals are being kept as pets and owners want to receive the same high quality veterinary medical care as given to other animals. The field of emergency and critical care is rapidly developing so this dissertation focus on clinically relevant information, some new advances and their application to therapy. In the first part of this work, the data gathered regarding all medical and surgical procedures performed during a four-month externship at Great Western Referrals Hospital, United Kingdom, under
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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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Johnson, Alistair E. W. "Mortality prediction and acuity assessment in critical care." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2486465e-8fda-47a9-b82e-c0a93f4f1fc4.

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Accurate mortality prediction in intensive care units (ICUs) allows for the risk adjustment of study populations, aids in patient care and provides a method for benchmarking overall hospital and ICU performance. ICU risk-adjustment models are primarily comprised of an integer severity of illness score which increases with increasing patient risk of mortality. First published in the 1980s, the improvements to these scores primarily consisted of increasing the dimensionality of the model, and hence also increasing their complexity. This thesis aims to improve upon these models. First, the field
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Redman, Pam. "Effectiveness of a Critical Care Nurse Residency Program." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3201.

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The importance of nurse residency programs is addressed in the literature; however, a review of residency program outcomes and effectiveness is needed. Guided by Roy's adaptation model and Deming's plan-do-check-act model, the purpose of this quality improvement project was to assess the current state of a longstanding critical care nurse residency program in meeting organizational goals and objectives and to recommend modifications to the program related to external factors, internal challenges, and educational deficits of nurses entering the program. A review of the evidence-based literature
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Corfee, Floraidh A. "Mental health and intensive care: A critical analysis." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2019. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/126393/1/Floraidh_Corfee_Thesis.pdf.

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This research addressed the social othering and positioning of mental health consumers in Australian society. Using a critical lens, the study explored the accounts of nurses caring for mental health consumers in intensive care. Interpretations of the accounts of interactions between nurses and consumers in this context brought focus to the ways in which nurses exercise legitimated power and privilege. It is hoped that the research will prompt critical reflection on the inherent structural power inequities in healthcare facilities and that political awareness of oppression and disenfranchiseme
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Chalkley, Paul F. "‘Crying for home: Who really cares?’ A critical analysis of care giving in the context of Victorian residential care." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2018. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/f35e05d418bface1677d5bc4f0601cfc1788c863b6bb47202200b96e0dd408fb/951505/CHALKLEY_2018_Crying_for_home_who_really_cares.pdf.

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Residential care provides for approximately 500 children and young people in Victoria each year, yet the dynamics of providing care within this system have received little scholarly attention, at least in part because it forms a much smaller part of the system than home-based care – in 2014 there were 5,900 children and young people in foster care and kinship care in Victoria. It has long been recognised that, despite being highly traumatised and vulnerable, young people placed in the care of the state are often exposed to further distress, instability and torment because of the nature of the
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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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Rapley, Mark Timothy John. "Quality of life : a critical approach." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.337125.

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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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Singleton, Alsy R. "Patient satisfaction with nursing care : a comparison analysis of critical care and medical units." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1061875.

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Patient satisfaction is an outcome of care that represents the patient's judgment on the quality of care. An important aspect of quality affecting patient's judgment can be attributed to patients' expectations and experiences regarding nursing care according to type of unit. The purpose of this study was to examine differences between patients' perceptions of satisfaction with nursing care in critical care units and medical units in one Midwestern hospital.The conceptual framework was "A Framework of Expectation" developed by Oberst in 1984, which asserted that patients have expectations of ho
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