Determination of electrical axis deviation

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
ML Knapik
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Asymptomatic Patient ◽  
Critical Care Setting ◽  
Axis Deviation ◽  
Care Nurse ◽  
Critical Care Nurse ◽  
Intraventricular Conduction

While the determination of an abnormal electrical axis is not considered to be diagnostic, it will lend support to suspicions of abnormalities such as hypertrophy or intraventricular conduction defects. In some instances the recognition of axis deviation may be the first indication of underlying heart disease in an otherwise asymptomatic patient. Axis deviation can be determined easily in the critical care setting and should become as routine to the critical care nurse as the interpretation of a rhythm strip.

Atrioventricular Block

1992 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-172
Author(s):  
Jean A. Cross
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Atrioventricular Block ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Critical Care Setting ◽  
Care Nurse ◽  
Critical Care Nurse ◽  
Underlying Pathophysiology

The presentation of atrioventricular block in the critical care setting and the assessment parameters that the critical care nurse may use to aid in the determination of the severity of atrioventricular block are described. The underlying pathophysiology of atrioventricular block is examined to enhance the nurse’s understanding of the rationale for intervention versus observation

Anticonvulsants: Pharmacotberapeutic Issues in the Critically Ill Patient

1991 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 639-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Dupuis ◽  
Jorge Miranda-Massari
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Critical Care Setting ◽  
Critically Ill Patient ◽  
Care Nurse ◽  
Critical Care Nurse ◽  
Epilepsy Treatment

Critically ill patients often have or develop conditions that make them susceptible to seizures and epilepsy. Treatment frequently involves the use of anticonvulsants. In order to use these effectively, the critical care nurse must be aware of the indications and controversies surrounding their use, the pathophysiologic conditions that impact on the disposition, and appropriate dosing and monitoring of these agents in the critical care setting

Complementary Health Practitioners in the Acute and Critical Care Setting: Nursing Considerations

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Kramlich
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Therapeutic Touch ◽  
Pet Therapy ◽  
Care Nurse ◽  
Critical Care Nurse ◽  
Complementary Health Approaches ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Healing Environments

In response to the rising demand by patients and their families for complementary health approaches, hospitals are increasingly integrating complementary health approaches with their conventional medical practices to create healing environments. Results of the 2010 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Survey of Hospitals indicated that the top 6 inpatient modalities included pet therapy, massage therapy, music or art therapy, guided imagery, relaxation therapy, and Reiki and therapeutic touch. Whether complementary health approaches are provided by complementary health practitioners through hospital-based integrative medicine programs, volunteer practitioners, or bedside nurses, the regulatory, legal, ethical, and safety concerns remain constant. Previous articles in this column of Critical Care Nurse provided an overview of complementary health approaches that nurses may encounter in their practices, with specific attention to implications for acute and critical care nurses, as well as important legal, ethical, safety, quality, and financial implications that acute and critical care nurses should consider when integrating complementary health approaches with conventional care. This column provides the acute and critical care nurse with key information about validation of credentials, experience, and competence of nurses and volunteers providing complementary health approaches, as well as about institutional policies and scope of practice.

Examining issues in communicating patient care information across shifts in a critical care setting

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Sharit ◽  
Lorgia McCane ◽  
Deborah M. Thevenin ◽  
Paul Barach
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Critical Care Setting ◽  
Care Information

Outcomes sensitive to critical care nurse staffing levels: A systematic review

2021 ◽  
pp. 103110
Author(s):  
Pamela J.L. Rae ◽  
Susie Pearce ◽  
P. Jane Greaves ◽  
Chiara Dall'Ora ◽  
Peter Griffiths ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Nurse Staffing ◽  
Care Nurse ◽  
Critical Care Nurse ◽  
Staffing Levels

Eye Movements in the Critical Care Setting

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aasef Shaikh ◽  
Fajun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Eye Movements ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Critical Care Setting
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