Family involvement is essential to the developmental outcome of infants born into Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). In this article, evidence has been presented on the parent's perspective of having an infant in the NICU and the context of family. Key points to an educational assessment are also reviewed. Throughout, the parent's concerns and the educational needs of the family are shared, a...

introduction: ventilator-associated pneumonia (vap) is one of the most common hospital infections and a side effect of lengthy stay in intensive care unit (icu). considering the ever-changing pattern of common pathogens in infectious diseases and the raise in prevalence of hospital infections, the present study was designed aiming to determine the prevalence of vap and its bacterial causes. met...

OBJECTIVE To know and compare the patterns of antimicrobials use in intensive care units (ICUs) based on the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical/Defined Daily Dose (ATC/DDD) system. METHODS a prospective cohort study was conducted in three medical-surgical intensive care units, two of them in public hospitals and one in a private hospital. Simple random, independent samples of patients admitted f...

background and purpose: organizational commitment has been on a downward trend among medical staff in different sections of the health care system. this study aimed to investigate the level of organizational commitment among the nurses engaged in the intensive care units (icus) of mazandaran heart center in sari, iran. methods: this descriptive-analytical study was conducted at the educational ...