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Barriers to Nurse-Led Pain Management in ICU
2022 09 Nov
Approximately 58% of patients in the ICU experience pain. Pain can lead to additional consequences, including delirium, decreased healing and adverse physiological and psychological outcomes. Hence, effective pain management is an integral component of a critical care nurse's role. Commonly used pain assessment tools depend on a patient's ability... Read more
41st ISICEM International Symposium on Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine
2022 22 Mar
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The Night in the ICU
2020 11 Aug
T hey say that in the world of the intensive care unit (ICU), there is no night. It can be qualified as a lesser day, but not really as a night. The hustle and bustle may be slower, patient flow and activity may be less, conversations may be negligible, and the staff on duty may be limited, but patient care continues, alarms are in place, and the... Read more
The Night Falls in the ICU: Changing Realities for Patients, Relatives & Interdisciplinary Team
2020 11 Aug
Night has fallen in the intensive care unit, and the medical team is smaller. What do physicians, nurses and patients actually feel? An overview of the night falls in the ICU - from the perspective of an ICU team. Brief Description and Comparison with the Day-Time Atmosphere During the day and at night, intensive care units (ICU)... Read more
Nine Nurse-Recommended Design Strategies to Improve Alarm Management in the ICU: A Qualitative Study
2020 11 Aug
We asked intensive care nurses how they experience medical alarms in the critical care context and how they can help ideate strategies for better alarm management. Our study revealed that excessive medical alarms are one of the sources of discomfort at the workspace for critical care nurses and nurses’ wellbeing is fundamental in providing better... Read more
ICEN 2019 - 17th International Conference for Emergency Nurses
2019 16 Oct
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9th EuroELSO Congress 2021
2021 05 May
NOW A VIRTUAL EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS TO MAY TO MAY 5 -7, 2021 Find EuroELSO on Social Media Read more
Bright spots: music in the ICU
2018 19 Jun
The intensive care unit (ICU) is a rather obscure place for many people. It is a place where you are exposed to the fragility of existence, where you have to deal with the fine line between life and death. Every day I desperately try to illuminate this dark place, with a conversation, with a joke, with trying to facilitate the patients’ or families’... Read more