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Current Issue Vol. 44, No. 1 March 2012

Focus on: ACUTE AND CRITICAL CARE

Guest Editorial / Collaboration spéciale:
Acute and Critical Care
Louise Rose

This issue of CJNR arises from a call for papers on research conducted in tertiary/high-acuity and critical care settings. Increasingly, we are recognizing that optimal management of the acutely and critically ill spans a continuum related to progression through physical locations within an acute-care institution. For example, interventions such as early goal-directed therapy for severe sepsis and septic shock emphasize the important role played by early recognition of critical illness in the emergency department (Rivers et al., 2001). Critical Care Outreach Teams (also known as Medical Emergency Teams or Rapid Response Teams) recognize the potential for critical illness to develop in any location within the hospital and the need for timely intervention. However, critical illness also spans a continuum related to progression from the acute event to physical and neurocognitive rehabilitation, interventions to promote psychological well-being, and educational strategies for health promotion, as reported in the study by Fredericks and colleagues in this issue of CJNR on educational interventions for culturally diverse patients following cardiac surgery.
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Stressors Experienced by Nurses Providing End-of-Life Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit/ Les facteurs de stress du personnel infirmier qui fournit des soins palliatifs de fin de vie dans les services de soins intensifs (Abstract)

Céline Gélinas, Lise Fillion, Marie-Anik Robitaille, Manon Truchon

Optimizing End-of-Life Care on Medical Clinical Teaching Units Using the CANHELP Questionnaire and a Nurse Facilitator: A Feasibility Study /L’optimisation des soins de fin de vie dans les unités d’enseignement clinique de médecine à l’aide du questionnaire CANHELP et d’une infirmière facilitatrice : une étude de faisabilité
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Christopher Frank, Melissa Touw, Jeannette Suurdt, Xuran Jiang, Phil Wattam, Daren K. Heyland

Critical Care Nurses’ Perceptions of Their Roles in Family-Team Conflicts Related to Treatment Plans / Les perceptions qu’a le personnel infirmier en soins intensifs de son rôle dans les conflits entre la famille et l’équipe de soins relativement aux plans de traitement (Abstract)

Marie Patricia Edwards, Karen Throndson, Felicia Dyck

An Examination of Current Patient Education Interventions Delivered to Culturally Diverse Patients Following CABG Surgery / Un examen des interventions actuelles en matière d’enseignement au patient menées auprès de patients de diverses cultures ayant subi un pontage aortocoronarien (Abstract)

Suzanne Fredericks, Souraya Sidani, Mandana Vahabi, Vaska Micevski

 
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