The Way We Think About Nurse Burnout is Broken

The Way We Think About Nurse Burnout is Broken

There are several things wrong with the way we think about nurse burnout. This is troubling for several reasons. If we do not have a clear understanding about burnout, then we cannot help nurses who may be suffering from... read more

Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors for Long-Term Cognitive Impairment After Critical Illness

Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors for Long-Term Cognitive Impairment After Critical Illness

Long-term cognitive impairment is common in survivors of critical illness. Little is known about the etiology of this serious complication. We sought to summarize current scientific knowledge about potentially modifiable... read more

Burnout and Stress Among US Surgery Residents

Burnout and Stress Among US Surgery Residents

Burnout among physicians affects mental health, performance, and patient outcomes. Surgery residency is a high-risk time for burnout. We examined burnout and the psychological characteristics that can contribute to burnout... read more

Investing in Physicians’ Well-being is Just Good Business

Investing in Physicians’ Well-being is Just Good Business

The moral and ethical reason for physician practices, hospitals and academic centers to address physician burnout should be obvious, but a new medical journal article makes the case for why addressing doctors' well-being... read more

What Can Psychologists Do in Intensive Care?

As awareness has grown of the great distress intensive care patients may suffer, units have begun recruiting psychologists to their teams. Intensive care unit psychologists aim to assess and reduce distress for patients,... read more

High Morning Cortisol Tied to Long-term Anxiety in Family Members of ICU Patients

High Morning Cortisol Tied to Long-term Anxiety in Family Members of ICU Patients

A new study published in the journal Critical Care Medicine finds that a biomarker may help identify which family members will be most emotionally impacted by their loved one's ICU stay. In particular, family members who... read more

Why Nursing Burnout is A Priority

Nursing burnout is still seen as a "soft" topic. How do we know that? Well, it is still a dilemma that organizations do not know what to do with. That and it is often bumped from the agenda. Think about it- what comes first?... read more

Mountain Ultra-Marathon Finishers Exhibit Marked Immune Alterations Similar to Those of Severe Trauma Patients

Mountain Ultra-Marathon Finishers Exhibit Marked Immune Alterations Similar to Those of Severe Trauma Patients

Runners competing in mountain ultra-marathons (MUMs) are known to display features of marked inflammation due to muscle micro-trauma, oxidative stress, gastrointestinal dysfunction, or endotoxin translocation. Furthermore,... read more

Efficacy and Safety of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Patients

Efficacy and Safety of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Patients

Our results provide moderate quality evidence that PPIs are the most effective agents in preventing CIB, but they may increase the risk of pneumonia. The balance of benefits and harms leaves the routine use of SUP open to... read more

Burnout and Resilience in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Burnout and Resilience in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

The term 'burnout' describes the collection of symptoms and signs, both physical and psychological, experienced by individuals due to their work. It is defined as the condition where professionals 'lose all concerns, all... read more

Music and Medicine: Something Important

Music and Medicine: Something Important

Every week or 2 when I don’t have a daytime shift, I set up my iPad and play piano for an hour or so. Nothing depressing or too complicated—feel-good music from the 1930s to the latest by John Legend or Coldplay. The... read more

A tailored multicomponent program to reduce discomfort in critically ill patients

A tailored multicomponent program to reduce discomfort in critically ill patients

Critically ill patients are exposed to stressful conditions and experience several discomforts. The primary objective was to assess whether a tailored multicomponent program is effective for reducing self‑perceived discomfort.... read more

There are no wrong questions to ask in the ICU

There are no wrong questions to ask in the ICU

A common confusion is differentiating between critical care and emergency medicine. Essentially, in emergency medicine, doctors and nurses stabilize patients and then transfer them to the appropriate area of the hospital,... read more