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Volume 24, Issue 6

1 November 2015

ISSN 1062-3264

EISSN 1937-710X

In this Issue

OnlineNOW
Editorial
Clinical Pearls
Critical Care Research
Delirium Assessment
Patient Safety Issues
Pressure Ulcer Management
Critical Care Evaluation
Nutrition In Critical Care
Pediatric Critical Care
Patient Care Page
Clinical Evidence Review
ECG Puzzler
Education Directory

OnlineNOW

Semiquantitative Cough Strength Score for Predicting Reintubation After Planned Extubation

Jun Duan, MD; Lintong Zhou, MD; Meiling Xiao, RN; Jinhua Liu, RN; Xiangmei Yang, RN

Peripheral Muscle Strength and Correlates of Muscle Weakness in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

Linda L. Chlan, RN, PhD; Mary Fran Tracy, RN, PhD, CCNS; Jill Guttormson, RN, PhD; Kay Savik, MS

Perceived Barriers To Anthropometric Measurements In Critically Ill Children

Sharon Y. Irving, RN, PhD, CRNP; Stephanie Seiple, RD, CNSC, LDN; Monica Nagle, RD, CNSC, LDN; Shiela Falk, RD, LDN; Maria Mascarenhas, MBBS; Vijay Srinivasan, MD

Being There: Inpatients’ Perceptions of Family Presence During Resuscitation and Invasive Cardiac Procedures

Renee Samples Twibell, RN, PhD, CNE; Shannon Craig, RN, MS; Debra Siela, RN, PhD, CCNS, ACNS-BC, CCRN-K, CNE, RRT; Sherry Simmonds, RN, BSN, CCRP; Cynthia Thomas, EdD, RNC, CDONA

Editorial

Tough and Competent

Richard H. Savel, MD; Cindy L. Munro, RN, PhD, ANP

Clinical Pearls

Clinical Pearls

Mary Jo Grap, RN, PhD,ACNP

Critical Care Research

Squire 2.0 (Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence): Revised Publication Guidelines From a Detailed Consensus Process

Greg Ogrinc, MD, MS; Louise Davies, MD, MS; Daisy Goodman, DNP, MPH; Paul Batalden, MD; Frank Davidoff, MD; David Stevens, MD

Delirium Assessment

Lived Experience of the Intensive Care Unit for Patients Who Experienced Delirium

Karen Whitehorne, RN, MN, CPMHN(C); Alice Gaudine, RN, PhD; Robert Meadus, RN, PhD; Shirley Solberg, RN, PhD

Validation of the Confusion Assessment Method in Detecting Postoperative Delirium in Cardiac Surgery Patients

Nina Smulter, RN, MSc; Helena Claesson Lingehall, RN, MSc; Yngve Gustafson, MD, PhD; Birgitta Olofsson, RN, PhD; Karl Gunnar Engström, MD, PhD

Patient Safety Issues

Use of Physical Restraints in Dutch Intensive Care Units: A Prospective Multicenter Study

Arendina W. van der Kooi, PhD; Linda M. Peelen, PhD; Rosa J. Raijmakers, BSc; Renée L. Vroegop, BSc; Danique F. Bakker, BSc; Hilâl Tekatli, MSc; Mark van den Boogaard, PhD; Arjen J.C. Slooter, MD, PhD

Standardizing Communication From Acute Care Providers to Primary Care Providers on Critically Ill Adults

Kerri A. Ellis, DNP; Ann Connolly, NP; Alireza Hosseinnezhad, MD; Craig M. Lilly, MD

Pressure Ulcer Management

Vasopressors and Development of Pressure Ulcers in Adult Critical Care Patients
CE Article

Jill Cox, RN, PhD, APN-C, CWOCN; Sharon Roche, RN, PhD, APN-C, CCRN

Evidence-Based Review and Discussion Points

Ronald L. Hickman, RN, PhD, ACNP-BC

Critical Care Evaluation

Validity and Sensitivity of 6 Pain Scales in Critically Ill, Intubated Adults
CE Article

Mamoona Arif Rahu, RN, PhD, CCRN; Mary Jo Grap, RN, PhD, ACNP; Pam Ferguson, RN, BSN, CCRN; Patty Joseph, RN, BSN, CCRN; Sarah Sherman, NP, MSN; R. K. Elswick, Jr, PhD

Nutrition In Critical Care

Verifying Placement of Small-Bore Feeding Tubes: Electromagnetic Device Images Versus Abdominal Radiographs
CE Article

Vera Bryant, DNP, ARNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN; Jean Phang, RN, BSN, CNSN; Kevin Abrams, MD

Pediatric Critical Care

Increasing Parental Participation During Rounds in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Angela Blankenship, APN; Sheilah Harrison, CPHQ; Sarah Brandt, BSN; Brian Joy, MD; Janet M. Simsic, MD

Patient Care Page

Family Presence During Invasive Procedures

Linda Bell, RN, MSN

Clinical Evidence Review

The “Cold Cord”: A Review of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries

Brett Tracy, MD; Rochelle Armola, RN, MSN, CCRN; Jennifer Micham, RN, MSN, CNRN, CCRN, CDP

ECG Puzzler

Bedside ECG Alarm Management

Michele M. Pelter, RN, PhD; Teri M. Kozik, RN, PhD, CNS, CCRN; Salah S. Al-Zaiti, RN, PhD, CRNP; Mary G. Carey, RN, PhD

Education Directory

Education Directory

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