摘要:

The principles of mechanical ventilation in status asthmaticus differ dramatically from those of conventional mechanical ventilation. The critical care nurse and advanced practice nurse play a key role in evaluating airway mechanics and minimizing ventilator-associated morbidity and mortality in status asthmaticus.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1998

数据来源: OVID

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The practice of withdrawing blood samples for activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) analysis from heparinized arterial lines may result in inaccurate aPTT values. The purpose of this study was to compare venous aPTT values to aPTT values withdrawn from heparinized arterial lines in children. The author suggests a method of obtaining accurate aPTT values using a specified discard volume.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1998

数据来源: OVID

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Critical care nurses have valuable experience making critical judgments, using protocols, and working autonomously. These and other skills make critical care nurses good candidates for the new nursing positions in telephone triage being generated as managed-care systems expand. This investigator describes the experiences of critical care and medical/surgical nurses who make the transition to telephone triage nurse roles.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1998

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Esophageal cancer is a challenging disease with a multisystem impact on patients. Critical care nurses, case managers, and advanced practice nurses manage these patients through an aggressive preoperative diagnostic phase, surgical intervention, and postoperative course. Coordination of care requires collaboration, with critical care and advanced practice nurses playing a central role. Patients need close post-operative assessments and interventions to minimize complications.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1998

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1998

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Few topics have generated as much controversy as visitation policies in critical care units. This national survey of nurses caring for acute myocardial infarction patients reveals that the number of nurses working in units with an open visiting policy has increased substantially. Open-ended responses reveal the complex judgement that goes into nurses' decisions about whether or not to allow visitors. This article offers managers, educators, advanced practice nurses, and bedside clinicians insight into the factors that nurses consider when making these decisions.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1998

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The monitoring of end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) is not a new practice, having been introduced to the United states in 1978. It is a modality where clinical application in critical care environments has been sporadic and plagued by the initial inadequacies of the technology. The critical care educator, manager, or advanced practice nurse can assist in identifying myths in practice and educate colleagues on the principles and application of capnography.

ISSN:0730-4625    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1998

数据来源: OVID