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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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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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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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Moon, Mikyung. "Relationship of nursing diagnoses, nursing outcomes, and nursing interventions for patient care in intensive care units." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3356.

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The purpose of the study was to identify NANDA - I diagnoses, NOC outcomes, and NIC interventions used in nursing care plans for ICU patient care and determine the factors which influenced the change of the NOC outcome scores. This study was a retrospective and descriptive study using clinical data extracted from the electronic patient records of a large acute care hospital in the Midwest. Frequency analysis, one-way ANOVA analysis, and multinomial logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the data. A total of 578 ICU patient records between March 25, 2010 and May 31, 2010 were used fo
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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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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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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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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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Vanderspank, Brandi. "The Social Construction of Intensive Care Nursing, 1960-2002: Canadian Historical Perspectives." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30922.

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Intensive care units (ICUs) emerged across Canada during the early 1960s, significantly contributing to the image of Western hospitals as places of scientific advancement that predominated over much of the twentieth century. ICUs rapidly became both a resource intensive and expensive type of care as the number and size of units increased to accommodate diverse patient populations and treatment options. Nurses enabled the formation and growth of ICUs through their constant presence and skilled care. There has been limited research, however, regarding the historical development of Canadian ICU
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Patton, Lauren Ashley. "Education and Standardized Discussion Guides to EnhanceNurses' Spiritual Care Practices in the Medical Intensive Care Unit." Case Western Reserve University Doctor of Nursing Practice / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casednp1519836081431734.

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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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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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Dunsdon, Jeananne. "Professional nurses experiences of a team nursing care framework in critical care units in a private healthcare group." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1444.

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A critical care unit is a dynamic and highly technological environment. Professional nurses who have been working in the critical care unit for a period of time are passionate about the environment in which they work. They find their on duty time challenging and stimulating. The critical care environment is slowly changing. Due to the fact that there are fewer professional nurses with an additional qualification in critical care available to work in the critical care units. The utilisation of an increasing number of agency nurses leads to an increase in sub-standard nursing care as well as dis
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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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Vandergoot, Ann. "From ward nurse to proficient critical care nurse a narrative inquiry study : a dissertation [thesis] presented in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Health Science, 2005." Full thesis. Abstract, 2005.

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Thesis (MHSc--Health Science) -- Auckland University of Technology, 2005.<br>Appendices not included in e-thesis. Also held in print (65 leaves, 30 cm.) in Akoranga Theses Collection. (T 610.730690993 VAN)
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Prentiss, Andrea S. "Hearing the Child's Voice: Their Lived Experience in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit." FIU Digital Commons, 2014. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1633.

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Background: More than 200,000 children are admitted annually to Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in the US. Research has shown young children can provide insight into their hospitalization experiences; child reports rather than parental reports are critical to understanding the child’s experience. Information relating to children’s perceptions while still in the PICU is scarce. Aims: The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate school age children’s and adolescents’ perceptions of PICU while in the PICU; changes in perceptions after transfer to the General Care Unit (GCU); di
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Willmore, Elizabeth Elouise. "Physician Behaviors, Nursing, and Other Obstacles in End-of-Life Care: Additional Critical Care Nurse Perceptions." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9061.

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Background: Critical Care Nurses (CCNs) frequently provide end of life (EOL) care in intensive care units (ICUs). Barriers to EOL care in ICUs exist and have been previously published, but qualitative reports from CCNs themselves remain scarce. Qualitative data exploring barriers faced during ICU EOL care may increase awareness of obstacles and help remove them. Objective: Excluding family experiences, what are the major themes recounted by CCNs when asked to share common obstacles experienced in providing ICU EOL care? Methods: Members of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses were
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BARTZ, CLAUDIA CAROL. "NURSE-PATIENT COMMUNICATION DURING CRITICAL ILLNESS EVENTS." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/183833.

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The purpose of this study was to explore and describe nurse-patient communication during critical illness events. The theoretical structure of the study was drawn from communication, sociolinguistic, and nursing theory. Data were collected in a 374-bed private hospital in the Southwest. The sample consisted of six registered nurses and nine patients experiencing cardiac surgery. Nine observed and audiotaped nurse-patient interactions, and fourteen audiotaped partcipant interviews provided the data base for analysis. Content analysis was used to organize the data. Findings were presented in ter
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Marshall, Andrea Pauline. "Information use in clinical practice a case study of critical care nurses' enteral feeding decisions /." Connect to full text, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/3658.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2008.<br>Title from title screen (viewed 11 February 2009). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Faculty of Nursing And Midwifery. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.
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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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Cody, John Shawn. "Family Experiences with ICU Bedside Rounds: A Qualitative Descriptive Study: A Dissertation." eScholarship@UMMS, 2015. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsn_diss/35.

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The hospitalization of a family member in an intensive care unit can be a very stressful time for the family. Family bedside rounds is one way for the care team to inform family members, answer questions, and involve them in care decisions. Few studies have examined the experiences of family members with ICU bedside rounds. A qualitative descriptive study, undergirded by the Family Management Style Framework developed by Knafl and Deatrick (1990, 2003) and Knafl, Deatrick, and Havill (2012), was done at an academic medical center examining families who both participated and did not participate
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Adams, Bernardene Lucreshia. "The experiences of registered nurses' of their work environment in a critical care unit." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1057.

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Critical care nursing is a vital and significant part of health care provision to critically ill patients. It is a specialty area of nursing that requires registered nurses who are highly motivated, knowledgeable and skilled to provide optimal care to critically ill patients. These patients are nursed in a complex environment consisting of specialised equipment (such as ventilators, defibrillators, intravenous pumps, and cardiac monitors) that is not found in any other field of nursing. Collegial support and an adequate registered nurse: patient ratio is vital in critical care units in order t
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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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Holbrook, Susan. "Burnout in the critical care setting : level of expertise and social support." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/834612.

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The purpose of this study was to examine burnout in the critical care nurse. One hundred-eighty eight nurses employed at Community Hospitals of Indiana were surveyed to determine the relationship between burnout, level of expertise and social support systems. Frequency and intensity of burnout was measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Social support systems were measured by the Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire. Level of expertise was determined by question 1 of the demographic questionnaire length of time employed as a critical care nurse.Findings of this study revealed no significant
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Whitney, Stuart Luhn. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SUPPORT AND ROLE STRAIN AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH BEHAVIORS IN CRITICAL CARE NURSES." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276557.

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The purpose of the research was to describe the relationships between social support and role strain and preventative health behaviors. The sample consisted of 62 critical care nurses employed in three southwest acute care facilities. Subjects completed instruments measuring social support, role strain, and four preventative health care behaviors. Pearson correlations revealed significant positive relationships between social support and personal/household roles women perform and ways women handle stress. Additional significant negative relationships existed between marital/relationship roles
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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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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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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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Van, Belkum Corrien. "A process of quality improvement for outcomes-based critical care nursing education." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52125.

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Dissertation (PhD) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2001.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A thoughtfully planned learning program provides a blueprint for critical care nursing and gives direction to theory and clinical practice. The design of a learning program for critical care nursing that is adaptive, learner focussed and integrated, helps nurses acquire the necessary competencies (knowledge, technical skills and attitudes/values) needed for critical thinking. It also enables critical care nurses to grow professionally and to develop expertise in critical care nursing. Outcomes-based education h
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Baning, Karla M. "Outcomes of a Comprehensive Patient and Family-Centered Program in an Adult Intensive Care Unit." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/228151.

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Background: Intensive care unit (ICU) admission is often life threatening, and may cause severe anxiety within the family system. Anxiety can impair decision-making ability. A majority of ICU patients cannot direct their own treatment; therefore, family members are often required to make major decisions under stressful conditions. Patient and family-centered care (PCFF) has been shown to reduce anxiety, improve decision-making, and improve outcomes for patients and their families. However, no published study has examined outcomes of a comprehensive PFCC program in the ICU. Purpose: The stu
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Mahon, Paula R. "From the inside out : a critical ethnographic look at paediatric intensive care nursing and the determinants of nurse retention." Thesis, University of Bath, 2011. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.555745.

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The aim of this study is to examine key features within the cultural context in a Canadian Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) environment as experienced by nurses, and to identify what these influences are and how they shape nurses’ intentions to remain at critically ill children’s bed-sides for the duration of their careers. This is a qualitative study which follows a critical ethnographic approach. Over 20 hours of observation and face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted. Approximately one third of the nursing population at the research site PICU were interviewed (N=31). Par
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Bell, Janet. "An investigation into the scope of practice of a registered critical care nurse in a private hospital." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16595.

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Thesis (MCur)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The critical care nurse works in an environment where patient need often shifts the parameters within which she or he practices. It is expected of a skilled critical care nurse to be able to make independent decisions and take action regarding patient care based on her or his knowledge and skills without discounting the parameters of her or his scope of practice. Practice experience has indicated that the critical care nurse is often uncertain about whether her or his clinical activities are protected by the regulation
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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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Bezerra, Rosana Mendes. "O SIGNIFICADO DE CUIDAR NA UNIDADE DE TERAPIA INTENSIVA PEDIÁTRICA." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, 2012. http://localhost:8080/tede/handle/tede/2984.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T10:54:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ROSANA MENDES BEZERRA.pdf: 1117027 bytes, checksum: 2bd3a56545030c4fe5b18a990314fbe8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-05<br>The Pediatric Intensive Therapy Unit of is characterized as highly technological environment with specialized professionals. It is permeated by feelings of loss, anguish and at the same hopes on the expectation of stability and recovery of a child. The nursing team sets a team that plans, implements and develops the process of caring basead on healthpublic policies. To assure a critical pedia
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Ananian, Lillian Virginia. "Relationship Based Care: Exploring the Manifestations of Health as Expanding Consciousness within a Patient and Family Centered Medical Intensive Care Unit." Thesis, Boston College, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:103534.

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Thesis advisor: Dorothy Jones<br>A family's unique way of being, formulated through social, economic, environmental and political factors, becomes fractured during a loved one's critical illness. Family members experience burdensome physical and emotional symptoms as they transition through the marked uncertainty endemic to high acuity illness. For some, this burden results in long term psychiatric disturbances. Assessment tools and interventions have been proposed for family members experiencing a loved one's critical illness. However, ongoing suffering suggests inherent limitations within th
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McKnight, Michelynn. "An Observational Investigation of On-Duty Critical Care Nurses' Information Behavior in a Nonteaching Community Hospital." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4498/.

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Critical care nurses work in an environment rich in informative interactions. Although there have been post hoc self-report survey studies of nurses' information seeking, there have been no observational studies of the patterns and content of their on-duty information behavior. This study used participant observation and in-context interviews to describe 50 hours of the observable information behavior of a representative sample of critical care nurses in a 20-bed critical care hospital unit. The researcher used open, in vivo, and axial coding to develop a grounded theory model of their consist
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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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Seal, Mitchell J. "Mastery learning and the essentials of critical care orientation : a heuristic participant evaluation." Scholarly Commons, 2007. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/658.

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This study employed a heuristic -participant evaluation of the instruction of the web-based Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO) program using two research questions: (1) How well does the ECCO adhere to Bloom's theory of mastery learning and instruction; and (2) What effect, if any, does this have on the participant RN? Evaluation findings demonstrated that the ECCO is 66 hours of expository instruction with little to no meaningful feedback, correction, or enrichment activity, is not well aligned, and has significant design flaws related to objectives and transfer of instruction and
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Place, Bernard. "Constructing the critically ill body : an investigation into the design and development of a clinical data-logging computer to be used by nurses working on a paediatric intensive care unit." Thesis, London South Bank University, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245125.

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Archer, Elize. "Using simulation for achieving competency in the practical procedures of a Critical care nursing programme." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2028.

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Thesis (MPhil (Curriculum Studies))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>Background to the study: The Critical Care nursing programme at the Faculty of Health Sciences (Stellenbosch University) is a one-year programme. The practical component consists of practical procedures and case presentations. Students have limited time available in the clinical areas to reach competency in the practical skills. Students tend to use the majority of the clinical teaching time available to reach competency in these practical procedures, rather than discussing the patient and learning the skills to integ
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Ryder-Lewis, Michelle. "Reliability study of the sedation-agitation scale in an intensive care unit : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Applied) Nursing /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/59.

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Bjurlefält, Peter. "Erfarenhet av debriefing inom akutsjukvården." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för vårdvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-30487.

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Samfattning   Bakgrund: I vår vardag världen över drabbas människor oavsett kön och ålder av olyckor, dödsfall och andra traumatiska händelser. Vissa yrken medför en större risk att utsättas för traumatiska händelser. Exempel på dessa är ambulans, räddningspersonal, polis och vårdpersonal inom främst akutsjukvård. Dessa händelser kan ibland bli personen övermäktigt. Ett sätt att motverka bl.a. utbrändhet och posttraumatiskt stressymptom (PTSD) hos vårdpersonalen är att genomföra debriefingsamtal. Detta genomförs med den vårdpersonal som varit delaktig i en traumatisk händelse.     Syfte: Sy
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Brown, Andrew Scott. "Differences in attitudes towards risk in the use of medical devices by doctors and nurses in an acute care setting : organisational, professional and personal dimensions." Thesis, Swansea University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.678287.

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Soh, Kim Lam. "Knowledge about nosocomial pneumonia prevention among critical care nurses in New Zealand a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Health Science, Auckland University of Technology, September 2003 /." Full thesis. Abstract, 2003. http://puka2.aut.ac.nz/ait/theses/SohK.pdf.

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Thesis (MHSc--Health Science) -- Auckland University of Technology, 2003.<br>Appendix B not included in e-thesis. Also held in print (128 leaves, 30 cm.) in Akoranga Theses Collection. (T 610.7361 SOH)
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Almerud, Sofia. "Vigilance & Invisibility : Care in technologically intense environments." Doctoral thesis, Växjö : Växjö University Press, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1506.

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Jarden, Rebecca Jane. "Gastric residual volumes in the adult intensive care patient : a systematic review : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Nursing (Clinical) /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1188.

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Helmersson, Anna, and Mandana Rostampour. "Empowerment hos intensivvårdspatienten - hur svårt kan det vara? : En systematisk litteraturstudie." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-352319.

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Bakgrund: Patienter som drabbas av svår sjukdom och vårdas på intensivvårdsavdelning upplever känslor av total förlust av kontroll, förstärkt av oförmågan att kommunicera. Att få kunskap, kontroll och inflytande över sin vård leder till mindre smärtlindring och kortare vårdtid. Patientcentrering i vården brister dock, vilket kan leda till ökade kostnader för såväl samhället som patienter. Syfte: Att identifiera och beskriva hinder mot empowerment till patienter inom intensivvård samt vilka möjligheter som finns för att överbrygga dessa hinder.  Metod: En systematisk litteraturstudie analyserad
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Cairns, Paula L. "Prevention of Post Intensive Care Syndrome-Family with Sensation Awareness Focused Training Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial Pilot Study." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7606.

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Post Intensive Care Syndrome-Family (PICS-F) refers to acute and chronic psychological effects of critical illness on family members of patients in intensive care units (ICU). Evidence about the increase and persistence of PICS-F warrants the need for prevention interventions. This study evaluated the feasibility of providing Sensation Awareness Focused Training (SĀF-T) during the ICU stay for spouses of mechanically ventilated patients. Methods: A randomized controlled trial of SĀF-T versus a control group was conducted (n=10) to assess safety, acceptability, feasibility, and effect size of t
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O'Hara, Sullivan Susan. "Macrocognition in the Health Care Built Environment (m-HCBE): A Focused Ethnographic Study of 'Neighborhoods' in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Dissertation." eScholarship@UMMS, 2016. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsn_diss/46.

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Objectives: The objectives of this research were to describe the interactions (formal and informal) in which macrocognitive functions occur and their location on a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU); describe challenges and facilitators of macrocognition using three constructs of space syntax (openness, connectivity, and visibility); and analyze the health care built environment (HCBE) using those constructs to explicate influences on macrocognition. Background: In high reliability, complex industries, macrocognition is an approach to develop new knowledge among interprofessional team member
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Favretto, Débora Oliveira. "Aspiração endotraqueal em pacientes críticos adultos intubados sob ventilação mecânica: revisão sistemática." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/22/22132/tde-31102011-082522/.

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Este estudo trata-se de uma revisão sistemática da literatura e tem como referencial teórico a prática baseada em evidência. Buscou-se identificar e analisar na literatura evidências oriundas de ensaios clínicos controlados e randomizados sobre os cuidados relacionados à aspiração de secreções endotraqueais em pacientes adultos, em estado crítico, intubados e sob ventilação mecânica. Os passos metodológicos desta revisão foram guiados pelas recomendações da Colaboração Cochrane. A busca foi realizada nas bases de dados PUBMED, EMBASE, CENTRAL, CINAHL e LILACS. Das 631 referências encontradas,
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