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Mixed venous oxygen saturation monitoring revisited: Thoughts for critical care nursing practice
23 November 2011
Martin Christensen
Summary: Background: Less invasive methods of determining cardiac output are now readily available. Using indicator dilution technique, for example has made it easier to continuously measure cardiac o...
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Pain indicators in brain-injured critical care adults: An integrative review
21 November 2011
Marie-José Roulin, Anne-Sylvie Ramelet
Summary: Introduction: Health professionals are confronted with the difficulty of adequately evaluating pain in critically ill, brain-injured patients, as these patients are often unable to self-repor...
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A survey of ward nurses attitudes to the Intensive Care Nurse Consultant service in a teaching hospital
17 November 2011
Tammie McIntyre, Carmel Taylor, Glenn M. Eastwood, Daryl Jones, Ian Baldwin, Rinaldo Bellomo
Summary: The aim of an Intensive Care Nurse Consultant (ICNC) service is to optimise care of complex ward patients and reduce adverse events. Despite their widespread implementation, specific assessme...
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Transition to intensive care nursing: A state-wide, workplace centred program—12 years on
30 September 2011
Alison Juers, Margaret Wheeler, Helen Pascoe, Nicola Gregory, Cheryl Steers
Summary: In November 1999, the Queensland Health (QH) Transition to Practice Nurse Education Program – Intensive Care (TPNEP-IC) was initiated in QH Intensive Care Units (ICUs) across Queensland. This...
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A Delphi study on National PICU nursing research priorities in Australia and New Zealand
26 September 2011
Anne S. Ramelet, Fenella Gill, The ACCCN Paediatric Intensive Care Special Interest Group
Summary: Background: There is a lack of evidence to direct and support nursing practice in the specialty of paediatric intensive care (PIC). The development of national PIC nursing research priorities...
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