Showing papers in "Heart & Lung in 1991"

TL;DR: Sufficient psychometric properties warrant continuing use of the tool in research and clinical practice and the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory are examined.

TL;DR: Patients in the experimental group had significantly higher preoperative knowledge levels, more positive mood states, and more favorable physiologic recoveries than those in the control group.

TL;DR: Patients who have already experienced a myocardial infarction are just as likely to delay as patients who have not had this experience, andVariables associated with reduced delay times are the following: pain recognized as cardiac in origin, hemodynamic instability, severe chest pain, younger age, and consultation with a coworker.

TL;DR: It is suggested that prayer is perceived as a helpful, direct-action coping mechanism and warrants support by health personnel and it is recommended that further research explore the effect of prayer on patients' ability to cope with stressful situations.

TL;DR: Practice implications from this study include the following nursing actions: eliciting more comprehensive information about relationships among family members and the impact on the family and teaching nurses and parents ways to help children cope with this event.

TL;DR: The creation of a special care unit (SCU) designed specifically to meet the needs of chronically critically ill patients is described, which is composed of a physical design that accommodates limited technology and care aimed at family involvement and rehabilitation, and a shared governance management model.

TL;DR: In this article, nurses working in neonatal intensive care were surveyed by using measures of job stress, burnout, anxiety, and perceived social support and found that higher job stress scores, higher anxiety scores, perception of less supervisor (head nurse) support, and less experience were associated with higher burnout subscale scores.

TL;DR: This article is a review and analysis of published and unpublished research on the efficacy of both dilute heparin solutions and normal saline solutions in flushing and maintaining the patency of vascular catheters.

TL;DR: Primary care nurses perceived family needs as important or very important, and 85% of the nurses indicated that they were able to meet family needs and had the time to do so, a result that may be influenced by differing patient acuity and patient length of stay on individual units.

TL;DR: In this study, Molter's Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (revised) is used, an instrument that has been used in other similar investigations, but never before in such a large sample or one with similar demographics.

TL;DR: The study revealed the need for additional awareness and education of nurses in all areas of the organ donation process as well as aspects with which they were uncomfortable and others in which they lacked knowledge.

TL;DR: Stress process variables in spouses of patients having coronary artery bypass surgery during hospitalization and 6 weeks after discharge and problems and concerns of spouses at T1 and T2 and spouse perceptions of nurse support were addressed.

TL;DR: All groups, however, regardless of number of suction passes, demonstrated a cumulative increase in MICP, MAP, and CPP with each consecutive suction sequence, which is described as a rise in baseline beginning with ETS and continuing throughout the ETS sequences.

TL;DR: It was found that both the educational and social intervention groups had a significant decrease in anxiety as measured by a standardized scale when compared with the nonintervention (control) group.

TL;DR: The sensations reported by patients and factors that could influence those sensations were examined in this study and can be used to prepare patients more appropriately for chest tube removal.

TL;DR: The CCFNI, after review by a panel of 16 experts, was given on two separate occasions to a random sample of 51 family members of adult patients in both medical and surgical intensive care units, demonstrating acceptable test--retest reliability and readability.

TL;DR: The use of NSS as a continuous flush for radial artery catheters is associated with an increased frequency of catheter occlusion and malfunctions compared with solution containing heparin, and thus is not recommended in patients with normal coagulation status and platelet count.

TL;DR: In a sample of uncomplicated, motivated patients who had participated in a phase 1 inpatient rehabilitation program, substantial improvements in self-efficacy and performance of daily activities were made early in recovery, before the onset of phase 2, formalized outpatient therapy.

TL;DR: It is concluded that in patients with metabolic alkalosis, once fluid and electrolyte abnormalities have been corrected, acetazolamide is an effective and safe form of therapy with a quick onset and long duration of action.

TL;DR: This case report of M. furfur fungemia in a neonates is unique because the neonate recovered on discontinuation of the lipid emulsion, without removal of the central venous catheter.

TL;DR: Relationships among patients' preferences for visits, select personal and illness characteristics, and the perceived impact of visits were compared in a sample of patients.

TL;DR: The results suggest that misdiagnosis of arrhythmias such a wide complex tachycardia in monitored patients may be caused by inappropriate lead selection as well as inaccurate lead placement.

TL;DR: It is suggested that use of a bulk-forming cathartic in tube-fed patients will significantly reduce the diarrhea associated with this type of feeding.

TL;DR: Results indicate that both continuous and intermittent application of negative pressure with endotracheal suction produces significant damage to tracheal tissue.

TL;DR: Delays in treatment of acute myocardial infarction prevent a substantial portion of patients from receiving maximal benefit from reperfusion therapy, and factors contributing to delay in each component and possible approaches to decreasing delays are discussed.

TL;DR: This study is an examination of the effect of patient acuity on the clinical decision making of critical care nurses completing two computerized clinical simulations, and experienced and inexperienced nurses did not differ on proficiency score.

TL;DR: The incidence of most common injuries, such as injury to the skin, bony thorax, and upper airway, may be limited by performance of proper basic and advanced life support, and further research needs to focus on those techniques that limit the potential for injury.

TL;DR: This work describes the experience with 131 patients managed by the supportive care team that resulted in humane care of dying patients and reduced hospital costs as evidenced by reduced Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System values.

TL;DR: Findings extend the knowledge of techniques available to reduce the amount of noise in physiologic measurement using skin electrodes by using One Step Skin Prep or the ECG Prep Pads used once.