Linda L. Chlan

TL;DR: Suggestions for nurses to gain skill, competence, and comfort in caring for critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support, with a specific focus on education strategies and building communication skills with these challenging nonverbal patients are presented.

TL;DR: This article highlights a program of research focused on interventions for managing symptoms in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support, including the appropriate empowerment of symptom self-management by patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the implementation, monitoring, and impact of treatment fidelity in an intensive care unit-based clinical trial testing music for anxiety self-management with mechanically ventilated patients.

TL;DR: Key findings include the following: requirements for research to be considered PCOR; the potential significant impact of PCOR on patients, clinicians, and researchers; guiding principles and practical strategies to form successful patient‐centered research partnerships, conduct PCOR, and disseminate study results to a broad audience of stakeholders.

TL;DR: This project was successful in engaging a wide variety of nursing and consumer experts, applying a patient-reported outcome/patient-reported experience framework for organizing and understanding research priorities.