| Title | Author | Subject | Description | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Effectiveness of an intra-aortic balloon review class for nurses. | Phillips, Terry L | Nursing; Critical Care | Evaluation of inservice education provided for nurses in a hospital setting is of concern to Nursing; educators. This study evaluated an intra-aortic balloon review course provided for critical care nurses. The three-hour course was designed according to “propositions of learning†sugges... | 1986-06 | |
| 2 | Needs of family members of critically ill or injured patients during the interhospital transport period | Allen, Nancy Ann and Brooks, Ronda Mae | Psychology; Critical Care; Family; Professional-Family Relations; Social Support; Transportation of Patients | The purpose of this study was to identify the perceived needs of family members of critically ill/injured patients who were transported by air ambulance. The needs of family members were assessed from two perspectives: (a) the family members' and (b) the flight nurses'. An exploratory descriptive ... | 1991-03 | |
| 3 | Predictive value of physiologic variables in bedside caregiver initiated extubation of postoperative cardiac surgery patients | Gooder, Valerie Jean | Caregiver; Extubation: Postoperative; Cardiac Surgery; Decision-Making; Critical Care; Nursing; Anatomy & Physiology; Surgery | Respiratory therapists and nurses (bedside caregivers) often make the decision to extubate patients following cardiac surgery. A potential mechanism to reduce variation, standardize decision-making, and provide an adjunct to the expert bedside caregiver is the use of rule-based computerized decision... | 2001-08 |