Abstract：
:This 6-month retrospective study provided our medical center with a profile of the population of patients readmitted within 31 days of discharge. We found that chronic illness and age greater than 65 years were the high risk factors related to patient readmissions. These 2 attributes are common in critical care patients. In addition, the study indicated that data input and collection procedures must be correctly followed in order to have accurate information on admission and readmission. Accurate information is important to management and external agencies. Accuracy is also important so that future problems with continuous quality improvement can be recognized and resources properly assigned. Recommendations for improving the data collection and reporting procedures and for improving the readmission rates were made to management, to the quality improvement coordinator, and to the quality improvement/risk management director.
journal_name
Crit Care Nursejournal_title
Critical care nurseauthors
Olsen J,Coleman JRsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-04-01 00:00:00pages
52-4, 57, 59-61issue
2eissn
0279-5442issn
1940-8250journal_volume
21pub_type
杂志文章abstract：BACKGROUND:Although critical care nurses gain satisfaction from providing compassionate care to patients and patients' families, the nurses are also at risk for fatigue. The balance between satisfaction and fatigue is considered professional quality of life. OBJECTIVES:To establish the prevalence of compassion satisfa...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2015392
更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The insertion of Silastic sheeting provides an opportunity for improved survival of patients with severe abdominal trauma. This new treatment modality represents a challenge to nurses to expand their knowledge base. ...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:"Broken heart syndrome," or takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is a spontaneously reversible form of cardio-myopathy that is often induced by emotional or physical stress. Signs and symptoms include chest pain, dyspnea, electrocardiographic changes, and elevated levels of cardiac biomarkers. Patients often have signs and sympt...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.4037/ccn2009451
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Clinical practice must be based on evidence. When evidence suggests that a certain practice may be ineffective or even harmful, that practice should be discontinued. The Choosing Wisely campaign, an initiative of the ABIM (American Board of Internal Medicine) Foundation, is intended to bring attention to tradition-bas...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2019534
更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Everyone experiences stress. That stress may be related to work (internal), community (external), or family; it may be cumulative or related to a particular critical incident. The cost related to treating acute stress is staggering, both to individuals and to organizations. Critical care nurses are well educated in th...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Postoperative nausea and vomiting is a dreaded, uncomfortable, and unpleasant patient experience that is also a factor contributing to adverse outcomes in postoperative recovery. The key to management of this concern is to identify high-risk patients and to develop a systematic method of assessment, intervention, and ...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2011470
更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Errors related to health care devices are not well understood. Nurses in intensive care and progressive care environments can benefit from understanding manufacturer-related error and device-use error, the principles of human factors engineering, and the steps that can be taken to reduce risk of errors related to heal...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.4037/ccn2012925
更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Heart failure is a burdensome cardiovascular condition associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The 3-month period after hospitalization is a vulnerable phase in which patients are at high risk for mortality and rehospitalization. To reduce risk during this period, patients with heart failure and reduced...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2018669
更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is a rare, autosomal dominant genetic disease that causes abnormal growth of blood vessels and, subsequently, life-threatening arteriovenous malformations in vital organs. Epistaxis may be one of the initial clues that a patient has more serious, generalized arteriovenous malforma...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.4037/ccn2016270
更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Malnutrition is common in critically ill patients and is associated with poor outcomes for patients and increased health care spending. Enteral nutrition is the method of choice for nutrition delivery. Enteral nutrition delivery practices vary widely, and underfeeding is widespread in critical care. Interruptions in e...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.4037/ccn2014243
更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The congenital heart defect of HLHS is nearly uniformly fatal without intervention. As surgeons gain experience with the techniques the success rates are improving; more infants with HLHS are being offered hope for survival and quality of life. The critical nature of this diagnosis, the relatively new treatment option...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Leadless pacemakers will most likely be the future of cardiac pacing. Leadless pacing employs a single-chamber system to pace only the right ventricle and is fully self-contained, which eliminates the need for leads. These systems, implanted by using a transcatheter sheath, are indicated for patients who need right ve...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2017453
更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Music therapy is an effective intervention for critically ill patients for such purposes as anxiety reduction and stress management. The therapy is readily accepted by patients and is an intervention patients thoroughly enjoy. The MAIT is one resource that nurses caring for critically ill patients can use to implement...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Both pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods are used to control shivering in therapeutic hypothermia. An evidence-based protocol based on the most current research has been developed for the management of shivering during therapeutic hypothermia. Meperidine is the drug of choice and provides the greatest reduc...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2011618
更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Critically ill patients require vigilant monitoring of tissue oxygenation, particularly oxygenation of the gut mucosa, because of the mucosa's fragile blood supply. With the advent of gastric tonometry, splanchnic tissue oxygenation can be measured in a minimally invasive and cost-effective manner. Requiring only a ga...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Transplant cardiologists in our hospital have performed the percutaneously placed axillary-subclavian intra-aortic balloon pump procedure since 2007. This procedure allows patients to mobilize and walk while they wait for a heart transplant, rather than remaining on bed rest as they would with a traditional femoral in...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.4037/ccn2019729
更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Family engagement in rounds has been recommended to improve communication, but its impact on patient outcomes is unknown. At the authors' institution, nurses encouraged family presence at rounds as part of a larger project to enhance communication during rounding. In the case reported here, family engagement resulted ...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2019647
更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:BACKGROUND Many hospitals have well-planned nursing competency assessment programs, but these are meant to measure competency in traditional bedside roles, not in tele-intensive care unit (tele-ICU) nurses practicing remotely. OBJECTIVE To determine whether current tele-ICU programs have a formal competency assessment...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2011552
更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The most common measurements of pulmonary hypertension include systolic and mean pulmonary artery pressures, PVR, and transpulmonary gradient. Pulmonary artery pressures greater than 50 mm Hg, PVR greater than 6 Woods units, and transpulmonary gradient greater than 15 mm Hg that are unresponsive to optimal vasodilator...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers are serious clinical complications that can lead to increased length of stay, pain, infection, and, potentially, death. The surgical progressive care unit at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, San Diego, California, developed the multidisciplinary Healthy Skin Project to decrease the...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2013290
更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The end of the formal unit orientation program is a stressful time of adjustment for nurses hired into critical care without previous critical care experience. Although most units offer reassurance that experienced colleagues will provide the needed guidance, consistent support may not be available for many reasons. D...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2015368
更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Scientists are only beginning to fully understand the purpose of sleep and its underlying mechanisms. Lack of sleep is associated with many diseases, including infection, and with increased mortality. Lack of proper sleep is an important problem in the intensive care unit, and interventions have been designed to impro...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.4037/ccn2012689
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a severe form of congenital heart disease that results in single-ventricle physiology. Although surgical palliation in infants with this syndrome is widely agreed on in practice, variation occurs in both surgical and medical management. Perinatal factors that affect preoperative mana...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2016461
更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A 9-member educational task force and a 4-member panel of experts was used to establish the validity of the PEDS-BKAT, which was modified from version 4 of the adult BKAT for critical care nursing. A sample of 105 pediatric ICU nurses from 6 settings took the PEDS-BKAT. Test results include a mean score of 78.9 points...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Clostridia are organisms which, in the right environment, can cause a rapidly spreading, fulminant myonecrosis. Early diagnosis and a combined management program are clearly paramount to a successful outcome. Knowledge of this disease and ongoing meticulous assessment are the tools that a nurse must use when dealing w...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The most common cause of death due to the H1N1 subtype of influenza A virus (swine flu) in the 2009 to 2010 epidemic was severe acute respiratory failure that persisted despite advanced mechanical ventilation strategies. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was used as a salvage therapy for patients refractory t...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2011186
更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Critical care nurses are constantly challenged to provide safe, high-quality patient care at a low cost with increasingly scarce resources while implementing the latest evidence-based practices into their own clinical practice. This article is the first in a 4-part series to provide a practical quality improvement gui...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2014177
更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Immobility contributes to many adverse effects in critically ill patients. Early progressive mobility can mitigate these negative sequelae but is not widely implemented. Appreciative inquiry is a quality improvement method/change philosophy that builds on what works well in an organization. OBJECTIVES:To ex...
journal_title：Critical care nurse
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.4037/ccn2020251
更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00
