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Celebrating “What Matters” for the Holidays
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Source: Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing - October 5, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: A Closing Word: Celebrating “What Matters” for the Holidays Source Type: research

Thank You, DCCN Peer Reviewers 2017–2018
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Source: Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing - October 5, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: Leadership DIMENSION Source Type: research

Nurse-Initiated Mobilization Practices in 2 Community Intensive Care Units: A Pilot Study
Background Critical-care nurses play a vital role in promoting safe early mobilization in intensive care unit (ICU) settings to reduce the risks associated with immobility in ICUs, including the risk of delirium, ICU-acquired weakness, and functional decline. Objective The purposes of this study were to describe nurse-led mobilization practices in 2 community hospital ICUs and to report differences and similarities between the 2 settings. Methods This was a cross-sectional exploratory study of 18 nurses (ICU A: n = 12, ICU B: n = 6) and 124 patients (ICU A: n = 50, ICU B: n = 74). Patient-specific therapeutic inter...
Source: Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing - October 5, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: Research DIMENSION Source Type: research

DCCN on the Web
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Source: Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing - October 5, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: DCCN on the Web Source Type: research

Impact of a Nurse Intervention to Improve Sleep Quality in Intensive Care Units: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial
Conclusion A nurse intervention prior to ICU admission did not increase patients’ sleep quality. In addition, the intervention could have incremented anxiety over the patients who used to sleep poorly at their homes. (Source: Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing)
Source: Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing - October 5, 2018 Category: Nursing Tags: Research DIMENSION Source Type: research