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How do physicians and nurses differ in their perceived barriers to effective enteral nutrition in the intensive care unit? [PDF]

open access: yesAcute and Critical Care, 2021
Background Patients hospitalized in intensive care units are susceptible to chronic malnutrition from changes in protein and energy metabolism in response to trauma.
Masoumeh Mirhosiny   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Critical Thinking in Nursing Education: Literature Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The need for critical thinking in nursing has been accentuated in response to the rapidly changing health care environment. Nurses must think critically to provide effective care whilst coping with the expansion in role associated with the complexities ...
Abegglen J.   +64 more
core   +1 more source

Promoting patient safety in critically ill patients: nursing interventions in surveillance and prevention of ocular injuries [PDF]

open access: yesAcute and Critical Care
Corneal surface injuries occur frequently (59.4%) in critically ill patients, and the average time for their appearance is 8 days. Such injuries are primarily related to dry eye, which increases the risk of exposure injury in patients admitted to ...
Anabela Carvalho Raposo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Visualized Quantitative Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Activity in Healthy Volunteers Using a Noninvasive Single-Channel Electroamplifier

open access: yesGastroHep, 2023
Background. Electrogastrography and electroenterography are noninvasive methods for measuring gastric and intestinal electrical activities, respectively.
Gen Aikawa   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethical dimensions of paediatric nursing: A rapid evidence assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. Background: Paediatric nurses often face complex situations requiring decisions that sometimes clash with their own values and beliefs, or with the needs of the children they care for and their families.
Bagnasco, Annamaria   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Specialist palliative care nursing and the philosophy of palliative care: a critical discussion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Nursing is the largest regulated health professional workforce providing palliative care across a range of clinical settings. Historically, palliative care nursing has been informed by a strong philosophy of care which is soundly articulated in ...
Gardiner, C.   +3 more
core   +6 more sources

Relationship between ventilator bundle compliance and the occurrence of ventilator-associated events: a prospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Nursing, 2022
Background Instead of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), the modern definition of ventilator-associated events (VAEs) has been introduced to identify infectious and noninfectious respiratory complications. Some studies revealed that compliance to the
Eman Arafa Hassan   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Training on First Aid for Cardiac Arrest on Knowledge and Readiness of Cadres to Provide Emergency Aid to Cardiac Arrest Victims in the Community

open access: yesJournal of Nursing Practice
Background: The incidence of cardiac arrest or Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) in the community that cannot be saved increases every year. This is because they do not get the right and fast action due to the community's ignorance and inability to assist ...
Yanny Trisyani   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nurses’ perceptions of barriers and supportive behaviors in end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background and aim Patient deaths are common in the intensive care unit, and a nurse’s perception of barriers to and supportive behaviors in end-of-life care varies widely depending upon their cultural background.
Dan-dan Xu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acute Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Cerebrovascular Strokes After Cardiac Surgery: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes

open access: yesCritical Care Research and Practice
Conclusions: Ischemic and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular strokes are serious complications that increase postoperative mortality and prolong hospitalization after cardiac surgery.
Mohamed Laimoud   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

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