OBJECTIVE To determine the patient safety culture among nurses working at intensive care units. METHODS This descriptive study was conducted at intensive care units of Health Practice and Research Center of Erciyes University and Kayseri Education and Research Hospital in the city center of Kayseri in Turkey. Three hundred sixteen nurses working at intensive care units at these hospitals were...

Special characteristics of care environments have always presented nurses with some challenges. One particular situation is futile care, which is frequently accompanied by countless moral and legal challenges. The dominant atmosphere in futile care may cause moral distress to nurses and lead to a sense of guilt, pain, suffering, job dissatisfaction, and eventually cause nurses to leave the job....

Background: In intensive care units where there is high risk of development of pressure ulcer, it is very important for nurses to have a good level of knowledge about pressure ulcer and to reflect this knowledge in their caring practices. This study aims to identify knowledge of nurses working in intensive care units in relation to preventing pressure ulcer. Method: Target population of this st...

The purposes of this study were to describe the decision making process and decision activities of critical care nurses in natural clinical settings. An exploratory descriptive approach utilizing both interview and observation methods, was used for data collection. The study involved twenty four critical care nurses from three hospitals in Jordan. Participant observation was performed to unders...

The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori is increased in healthcare workers and in intensive care nurses. Exposure to H. pylori from gastric secretions and faeces are probably the main sources of transmission to healthcare workers. Routine use of selective decontamination of digestive tract (SDD) in an intensive care unit suppresses H. pylori in critically ill patients. It was questioned whether t...

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 ...

Systematic pain assessment in critically ill patients might reduce the number of days with mechanical ventilation as well as the length of hospital stay. Clinical practice guidelines recommend the use of standardized instruments as part of a structured pain assessment strategy for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units. Since it is unknown whether clinicians adhere to the reco...

BACKGROUND Feeling safe in the intensive care unit is of great importance while recovering from critical illness. Moreover, feeling unsafe can result in distress. In order to meet the safety needs of intensive care patients as well as to stimulate their recovery and prevent distress, nurses must be aware of factors promoting patients' perception of feeling safe during an intensive care admissio...