Experiences of ICU Nurses with an Innovative Digital Diary Intervention

Experiences of ICU Nurses with an Innovative Digital Diary Intervention

ICU nurses reported that the Post-ICU diary had added value for patients and their relatives. However, in the beginning they also experienced barriers such as lack of time, insufficient integration with their own work processes,... read more

Principles of Intensive Care, CCU, ICU and Dialysis (Book 1): Vascular Access, ICU and Drug Treatment, Hemodynamic Monitoring

Principles of Intensive Care, CCU, ICU and Dialysis (Book 1): Vascular Access, ICU and Drug Treatment, Hemodynamic Monitoring

Anesthesia and intensive care are one of the most important disciplines in medical, paramedical and nursing sciences and requires spending attention, time, gaining enough information and experience to be able to evaluate... read more

Pandemic Triggers Mass Exodus of Critical Care Nurses

Pandemic Triggers Mass Exodus of Critical Care Nurses

Australian hospitals are experiencing a mass exodus of experienced critical care nurses as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches healthcare workers unlike ever before, prompting medical colleges to warn of a workforce crisis. Australian... read more

Year of the Nurse: A 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic Memoir

Year of the Nurse: A 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic Memoir

This book is for everyone, nurse or otherwise, who is furious about how 2020 went down and how 2021 is going. #1 Amazon Bestseller in Critical & Intensive Care Nursing #1 Amazon Bestseller in Mental Health Nursing #1... read more

Trauma Team Dynamics: A Trauma Crisis Resource Management Manual

Trauma Team Dynamics: A Trauma Crisis Resource Management Manual

This is the first book exploring the unique dynamics created by a multidisciplinary trauma team and how crisis management strategies can improve teamwork and communication and, potentially, improve patient resuscitation... read more

OSHA releases new standard to protect front-line health workers from COVID-19

OSHA releases new standard to protect front-line health workers from COVID-19

The Biden administration issued a long-awaited new workplace standard aimed at protecting front-line healthcare workers from contracting COVID-19. The emergency temporary standard, released Thursday by the Occupational... read more

Health Systems Successfully Leverage Tele-ICU During Pandemic and Intend to Continue

Health Systems Successfully Leverage Tele-ICU During Pandemic and Intend to Continue

Help during the pandemic for overwhelmed, overworked intensive care unit (ICU) nurses at some health systems came in the form of experienced tele-ICU nurses working remotely to support on-site colleagues as they cared for... read more

A Dedicated VV-ECMO Unit during a Respiratory Pandemic

A Dedicated VV-ECMO Unit during a Respiratory Pandemic

Background: The most critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may require advanced support modalities, such as veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO). A systematic, methodical approach... read more

Addressing Hospital-Acquired Hypoglycemia

Addressing Hospital-Acquired Hypoglycemia

Findings suggest that ensuring a consistent 30-minute window between POC BG measurement and meal delivery enabled nursing staff to perform timely POC BG measurements and administer a more optimal mealtime insulin dose. Increasing... read more

Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice

Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice

Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Model and Guidelines has proven to be one of the most foundational books on EBP in nursing. This fully revised third edition builds on the strength of the first two editions... read more

Stop Nurse Burnout: What to Do When Working Harder Isn’t Working

Stop Nurse Burnout: What to Do When Working Harder Isn’t Working

The first step-by-step manual for any nurse in any specialty to stop nurse burnout, build a more ideal career and a more balanced life. Chart your course from Nurse Burnout to Your Ideal Career using this first comprehensive... read more

Priorities in Critical Care Nursing

Priorities in Critical Care Nursing

With its succinct coverage of all core critical care nursing topics, this evidence-based text is the perfect resource for both practicing nurses and nursing students alike. Using the latest, most authoritative research, this... read more

Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Thrust into a pandemic unlike any other, health professionals today must continually adapt to an ever-changing environment. Protocols change at dizzying rates, while the physical and mental demands of our jobs increase... read more

America Is Running Out of Nurses

America Is Running Out of Nurses

In normal times, there are some 50,000 travelling nurses in the United States. Most are full-time gig workers who move from job to job, usually staying in one place for thirteen weeks. (That length is a holdover from old... read more