The nursing process: is a structured approach a requisite for professional intensive care nursing practice?

1995 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Rhonda P. Marriott
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Nursing Process ◽  
Structured Approach ◽  
Intensive Care Nursing ◽  
Care Nursing

scholarly journals Nurses’ experiences of ethical responsibility: A hermeneutic phenomenological design

2020 ◽  
pp. 205715852096790
Author(s):  
Annette Strand Tollefsen ◽  
Aid Bredal Olsen ◽  
Anne Clancy
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Sense Of Satisfaction ◽  
Phenomenological Design ◽  
Intensive Care Nursing ◽  
Care Nursing

There is a lack of studies on ethical responsibility in nursing. Nurses experience ethical responsibility in all settings where patients are exposed and vulnerable. The authors’ interest in public health and intensive care nursing provided a motivation to study these settings. The study aimed to explore how intensive care and public health nurses experience ethical responsibility. A qualitative design was chosen and 10 individual interviews were carried out. The data were analysed using hermeneutic phenomenological analysis. The study is reported in accordance with COREQ. Levinasian ethics provided the theoretical framework. The analysis resulted in four themes: Feeling alone, Feeling worried and uncertain, A sense of satisfaction, A personal commitment. Even though the settings differed, experiences of aspects of ethical responsibility were the same. Further in-depth studies in different settings can enhance an understanding of moral responsibility and facilitate the development of a theory of ethical responsibility in nursing practice.

scholarly journals Evidence characterising skills, competencies and policies in advanced practice critical care nursing in Europe: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e031504
Author(s):  
Gudrun Kaldan ◽  
Sara Nordentoft ◽  
Suzanne Forsyth Herling ◽  
Anders Larsen ◽  
Thordis Thomsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Advanced Practice ◽  
Critical Care Nursing ◽  
Advanced Level ◽  
Intensive Care Nursing ◽  
Care Nursing

IntroductionThe management of critically ill patients is challenged by increasing population age and prevalence of comorbid diseases. High-quality intensive care nursing practice is imperative to accommodate these issues. The roles of the nurse practitioner (NP) and the acute care NP have existed for decades in the USA, Canada and Australia but are still evolving in Europe. Some European countries have introduced the advanced practice nurse (APN), but the current standard of the advanced level of nursing is variable and consensus regarding the framework, role and definition is lacking. Literature and evidence are sparse as well. Identification of skills and competencies required for the APN is warranted. Mapping skills and competencies will enable future educational harmonisation and facilitate mobility of the advanced-level intensive care nursing workforce across Europe. The aim of our scoping review is to identify literature describing skills, competencies and policies characterising advanced nursing practice in intensive care across Europe.Methods and analysisWe will apply a five-stage scoping review methodology with a comprehensive systematic literature search as outlined by Arksey and O’Malley. In collaboration with a research librarian, we will search nine interdisciplinary databases and grey literature for publications originating in European countries in 1992–2018. Using a two-stage screening process with Covidence to remove duplicates, we will first scan the title and abstract and then perform full-text review to determine the eligibility of the papers. Qualitative content analysis will be used to chart the data.Ethics and disseminationOur study is a part of the European Union-funded INACTIC project (International Nursing Advanced Competency-based Training for Intensive Care) with the overall aim of developing a common European curriculum for advanced practice critical care nursing. Results from this scoping review mapping the evidence of APNs in Europe will be presented at national and international conferences and published in a peer-reviewed journal.

scholarly journals Holistic Nursing Practiced as Intensive Care Nursing

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Joan M Fenske
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Fictional Character ◽  
Story Line ◽  
Holistic Nursing ◽  
Narrative Story ◽  
Intensive Care Nursing ◽  
Care Nursing

This 11440 word manuscript relates a case study derived from field experiences. The format is unique. By describing the fictional character, the manuscript integrates a narrative story line. This is a case study portraying a fictional patient who is determined to take her life. Self distruction is overtly characterized. Holistic Nursing Practice emphasis is upon positive reinforcement.

scholarly journals Patient safety: understanding human error in intensive nursing care

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina da Costa Machado Duarte ◽  
Marluci Andrade Conceição Stipp ◽  
Maria Manuela Vila Nova Cardoso ◽  
Andreas Büscher
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Hospital Data ◽  
Nursing Team ◽  
Proactive Measures ◽  
Intensive Care Nursing ◽  
Care Nursing

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the active failures and the latent conditions related to errors in intensive nursing care and to discuss the reactive and proactive measures mentioned by the nursing team. Method: Qualitative, descriptive, exploratory study conducted at the Intensive Care Unit of a general hospital. Data were collected through interviews, participant observation and submitted to lexical analysis in the ALCESTE® software and to ethnographic analysis. Results: 36 professionals of the nursing team participated in the study. The analysis originated three lexical classes: Error in intensive care nursing; Active failures and latent conditions related to errors in the intensive care nursing team; Reactive and proactive measures adopted by the nursing team regarding errors in intensive care. Conclusion: Reactive and proactive measures influenced the safety culture, in particular, the recognition of errors by professionals, contributing to their prevention, safety and quality care.

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