Tag: nursing
Comprehensive Tracheostomy Care: The National Tracheostomy Safety Project Manual (Advanced Life Support Group)
Comprehensive Tracheostomy Care is a resource developed by the UK National Tracheostomy Safety Project (NTSP) to help promote and facilitate the safe management of tracheostomies and laryngectomies. The scope includes... read more
COVID-19 Leaves Lasting Impact on Nursing Practices and Job Satisfaction
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the difficulties nurses experience, especially in emergency departments, requiring adjustments in practice care settings and continuing to impact their overall job satisfaction. Nursing... read more
A Blueprint for Change in Acute and Critical Care Nursing
A new article from Penn Nursing faculty proposes a significant shift in how nursing care is measured within acute and critical care settings by recognizing the full scope of a nurse's work and its impact on patient outcomes. The... read more
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
Quick Reference to Critical Care
Sharpen your critical care skills, with the fully updated Quick Reference to Critical Care, fifth 5th edition. This well-illustrated pocket guide covers the full range of critical care scenarios, listing each disorder, medication,... read more
Critical Care Companion: Your Guide To ICU Nursing
Step into the dynamic and demanding world of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nursing with Critical Care Companion: Your Guide to ICU Nursing by Alysha Edwards. This indispensable guide is crafted to support both novice and experienced... read more
Nursing Care and ECMO
This highly informative book provides essential insights for ICU nurses at ECMO centers around the world, who face the substantial challenges involved in the management of ECMO patients. Above all, it meets their training... read more
Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between
Doctors heal, or try to, but as nurses we step into the breach, figure out what needs to be done for any given patient today, on this shift, and then, with love and exasperation, do it as best as we can. Critical Care... read more
Ineffective Airway Clearance Nursing Diagnosis & Care Plans
Ineffective airway clearance is the inability to clear secretions or obstructions from the respiratory tract. This can be detrimental to breathing and create complications. Secretions can be problematic as a result of... read more
Nursing in Critical Care Setting: An Overview from Basic to Sensitive Outcomes
This book provides essential insights into how the approach to nursing care in ICU patients has markedly changed over recent years. It shows how the focus has progressively moved away from the technical approach that characterized... read more
Fast Facts About EKGs for Nurses: The Rules of Identifying EKGs in a Nutshell
In an easy-to-use "Fast Facts" format, this pocket-sized reference provides clear and precise access to basic EKG information and EKG recognition guidelines that nurses use daily. The guide helps readers to accurately... read more
Overcoming Mental Health Stigma For Nurses
What’s the first thought that comes to mind when you think about mental illness? Is it something negative? If so, it probably comes from the stigma associated with mental health. A stigma is defined as "a mark of disgrace... read more
Impact of Variations in the Nursing Care Supply-Demand Ratio on Postoperative Outcomes and Costs
Improving surgical outcomes is a priority during the last decades because of the rising economic health care burden. The adoption of enhanced recovery programs has been proven to be part of the solution. In this context,... read more
Fear and Insight in the ICU Bed
Mid-morning dressing changes, hours wasted, going through each cut methodically. Dressing off, wound cleaned, redressed. The brunt of pain dealt with by nature before giving in. The intensive care unit (ICU) nurse offers... read more
Difficulties Faced by Nurses Who Care For Patients with Delirium in the ICU
We developed a difficulty scale for nurses caring for patients with delirium in the intensive care unit and confirmed its reliability and validity. The difficulty factors were developed with the intention to identify educational... read more
International Council of Nurses #NursesForPeace Campaign
As the war in Ukraine continues and the death toll of victims rises, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) repeats its call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to hostilities for the sake of the people of Ukraine and... read more
Assessing Movement-Evoked Pain
One of the most common and nuanced tasks that nurses perform is pain assessment, particularly in acute postoperative settings where frequent reassessments are needed. Most assessments are limited to obtaining a pain intensity... read more
