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Enteral feeding for the critically ill patient

07 May 1997

Nursing Standard

Clinical

In critical care, the most important role of the nurse is establishing feeding - assessing the patient’s nutritional status, encouraging the patient to eat where...

Mechanical ventilation

21 July 1999

Nursing Standard

CPD

In this article Nigel Henderson discusses the nursing role in the mechanical ventilation of patients. He describes the different ventilator modes, and the physical...

Nasogastric feeding practice in intensive care units: a study

28 August 1996

Nursing Standard

Intensive care

This study examined the practice of nasogastric feeding on one intensive care unit (ICU). Data collection took place over 135 feeding days on 26 patients who met...

The biological and nursing implications of pancreatitis

16 August 2000

Nursing Standard

CPD

Joseph McArdle examines the physiology of pancreatitis, discussing the nurse’s contribution to the patient’s recovery. He addresses the need for blood glucose...

Position statement on nurse-patient ratios in critiral care

06 December 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The level of nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in critical care environments is a controversial issue. Tracy Pilcher and Mandy Odell review the literature and examine...

Shock

15 August 2001

Nursing Standard

CPD

Shock is a life-threatening condition and to provide the best treatment, nursing care needs to focus on the cause of shock. Different types of shock and their causes...

Providing patient-centred care in an intensive care unit

06 December 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article examines the provision of patient-centred care in an intensive care unit where patients’ autonomy may be compromised. It discusses the Synergy Model as...

Care of the infant with inherent metabolic disease

01 May 2008

Paediatric Nursing

CPD

Early detection and prompt management of metabolic crisis are crucial to favourable outcomes in the infant with an inherent metabolic disease for which treatment is...

Ventilator tubing change times and the infection control nurse

30 October 1996

Nursing Standard

Clinical

Nurses frequently appear to dismiss hospital-acquired infection (HAI) as of little importance or as an inescapable accompaniment to hospital life. One of the biggest...

Sleep and rest in PICU

01 February 2003

Paediatric Nursing

Care

Sleep is a complex, natural phenomenon, common to all human beings. The nature of sleep has always been difficult to describe and there are many definitions offered....

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