- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Ethics in medical practice
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Canadian Identity and History
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
University of California, San Diego
2016-2025
UC San Diego Health System
2015-2025
Davidson College
2009-2024
E Ink (South Korea)
2018-2024
University of California San Diego Medical Center
1992-2024
University of San Diego
2018-2024
La Jolla Alcohol Research
2012-2024
ORCID
2024
The Ohio State University
2024
University of Washington Medical Center
2024
Objective: To develop clinical practice guidelines for the support of patient and family in adult, pediatric, or neonatal patient-centered ICU. Participants: A multidisciplinary task force experts critical care was convened from membership American College Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) Society (SCCM) to include representation intensive units. Evidence: The members reviewed published literature. Cochrane library, Cinahl, MedLine were queried articles between 1980 2003. Studies scored...
Objectives: Shared decision making is endorsed by critical care organizations; however, there remains confusion about what shared is, when it should be used, and approaches to promote partnerships in treatment decisions. The purpose of this statement define making, recommend identify the range ethically acceptable decision-making models, present important communication skills. Design: American College Critical Care Medicine Thoracic Society Ethics Committees reviewed empirical research...
Increasing numbers of survivors critical illness are at risk for physical, cognitive, and/or mental health impairments that may persist months or years after hospital discharge. The post-intensive care syndrome framework encompassing these multidimensional morbidities was developed the 2010 Society Critical Care Medicine conference on improving long-term outcomes and their families.To report engagement with non-critical providers during 2012 stakeholder conference. Task groups strategies...
1Critical Care Educator and Consultant, Glenbrook, NV. 2Education, Development, Research, University of California San Diego Health, Diego, CA. The authors have disclosed that they do not any potential conflicts interest. For information regarding this article, E-mail: [email protected]
To revise the "Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sustained Use of Sedatives and Analgesics in Critically Ill Adult" published Critical Care Medicine 2002. The American College assembled a 20-person, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional task force with expertise guideline development, pain, agitation sedation, delirium management, associated outcomes adult critically ill patients. force, divided into four subcommittees, collaborated over six years person, via teleconferences, electronic...
Previous studies have demonstrated nurses are at risk of suicide. This is the first national longitudinal study U.S. nurse suicide.To identify incidence, method, and risks suicide in United States.2005 to 2016 Centers for Disease Control Prevention National Violent Death Reporting System retrospective analysis incident rate ratios (IRR).A total 1,824 152,495 non-nurse suicides were evaluated. Nurses greater than general population (female IRR 1.395, 95% confidence intervals [CI] 1.323,...
Current guidelines from the U.S. Society for Critical Care Medicine state that training in "good communication skills...should become a standard component of medical education and ... available all ICU caregivers". We sought to train multidisciplinary teams caregivers communicating with families critically ill patients improve staff confidence families, as well family satisfaction their experiences ICU.Pre- postintervention design.Community hospital surgical ICUs.All admitted during two time...
Importance Previous reports regarding comparative suicide incidence among US physicians vs nonphysicians have been inconclusive. Objective To estimate the national of male and female physician analyze associated factors, comparing findings to general population. Design, Setting, Participants This retrospective cohort study investigated suicides aged 25 years older in from January 2017 December 2021. The analysis took place November 2023 September 2024. National Violent Death Reporting System...
The goal of this new theory is to prevent adverse psychological outcomes ICU patients’ family members.
Family members of intensive care unit patients may develop anxiety, depression, and/or posttraumatic stress syndrome. Approaches to prevention are not well defined. Before testing preventive measures, it is important evaluate which interventions the family will accept, use, and value. The purpose this study was feasibility an intervention for support families mechanically ventilated adults, grounded in a new midrange nursing theory titled “Facilitated Sensemaking.” Families were provided kit...
Shared decision-making is a central component of patient-centered care in the intensive unit (ICU) (1-4); however, there remains confusion about what shared and when ought to be used.Further, failure employ appropriate techniques can lead significant problems.For example, if clinicians leave decisions largely discretion surrogates without providing adequate support, may struggle make experience psychological distress (5).Conversely, treatment attempting understand patient's values, goals,...
Surviving critical illness is associated with persistent and severe physical, cognitive, psychological morbidities. The Society of Critical Care Medicine has developed pain, agitation, delirium guidelines promoted mobility to improve care critically ill patients. A task force tools facilitate rapidly implement the translation guideline recommendations into practice. also assembled a assess long-term consequences illness. This article will explore relationships between guidelines,...
The Advancing Research and Clinical practice through close Collaboration (ARCC) model postulates that improvement in nurses' evidence-based (EBP) beliefs results improved EBP implementation, which turn improves nurse-related outcomes, such as job satisfaction group cohesion. However, there is a dearth of interventional studies evaluate the relationships among these variables.This study evaluated whether regional fellowship program participants' beliefs, satisfaction, cohesion,...