Critical Care Nursing

Learning objectives for this talk:

• Contrast use of human-centred co-design in healthcare with other co-design approaches
• Describe common principles and methods for co-design
• Appraise factors expected to influence the success of human-centred co-design in a busy hospital setting
• Critique the relevance of human-centred co-design to knowledge translation and implementation science

To watch the lecture, and learn more about the speaker, please visit https://www.continulus.com

Learning objectives for this talk:

• Contrast use of human-centred co-design in healthcare with other co-design approaches
• Describe common principles and methods for co-design
• Appraise factors expected to influence the success of human-centred co-design in a busy hospital setting
• Critique the relevance of human-centred co-design to knowledge translation and implementation science

To watch the lecture, and learn more about the speaker, please visit https://www.continulus.com

Learning objectives for this talk:

• Contrast use of human-centred co-design in healthcare with other co-design approaches
• Describe common principles and methods for co-design
• Appraise factors expected to influence the success of human-centred co-design in a busy hospital setting
• Critique the relevance of human-centred co-design to knowledge translation and implementation science

To watch the lecture, and learn more about the speaker, please visit https://www.continulus.com

This presentation describes the patient care priorities when receiving a post-operative cardiac surgery from the operating room. Newer surgical approaches are listed followed by a description of outcome predications based on two scoring systems. The effects of cardiopulmonary bypass are described. Standards for routine care of the post-operative patients are presented.  Complications are provided along with the recommendations for resuscitation should cardiac arrest occur.

To watch the lecture, and learn more about the speaker, please visit https://www.continulus.com

This presentation provides an overview of critical care nurse transition. It summarizes theoretical perspectives that provide useful lenses to understand transition in nursing practice.  A brief overview of synthesis studies on new nurse and new graduate nurse transition into critical care is provided.  Additionally, a recent longitudinal study with a cohort of new graduate nurses hired into an IC is discussed.  Recommendations that may be useful to consider for the recruitment and retention of nurses into critical care is also highlighted.

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Learning objectives for this talk:

• Discuss instruments that capture frailty and identify a vulnerable population
• Review the evidence of frailty and its impact on outcomes following critical illness
• Outline opportunities to improve care of individuals assessed as frail in the ICU

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In this lecture, you will learn about best practice guidelines informing the management of pain in the critically ill adult. The updated definition of pain, its prevalence and challenges in the adult population in the intensive care unit (ICU) are described. A stepwise approach to pain assessment in the patient unable to self-report is presented and various valid pain assessment tools are introduced along with new developments. Pain management guiding principles based on a multimodal analgesia approach are also discussed.

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Bloodstream infections (BSI) are the most deadly healthcare associated infections, and 35% of these are caused by intravenous (IV) therapy through various types of IV catheter [1] . Such ‘catheter-associated BSI (CABSI)’ substantially increase risk of death, prolong ICU and hospital stay, and healthcare costs. Nurses are responsible for many aspects of catheter insertion, management, troubleshooting, and removal. To prevent CABSI, we must deny microorganisms entry into the blood via both the: (1) catheter insertion site, and (2) internal catheter lumen. This presentation reviews the concept of CABSI, core fundamentals of infection prevention, and reviews recent evidence from large randomised controlled trials.

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In this talk, I will discuss a paradigm shift in thinking about oral health and care in the intensive care unit (ICU) i.e. what goes wrong and how we should intervene. I will discuss the oral microbiome, dysbiosis, the chlorhexidine controversy, and expert/patient recommendations for the delivery of an oral care bundle including toothbrushing. I will emphasize recent evidence about de-adopting oral chlorhexidine use and implementing an oral care bundle.

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This presentation describes the patient care priorities when receiving a post-operative cardiac surgery from the operating room. Newer surgical approaches are listed followed by a description of outcome predications based on two scoring systems. The effects of cardiopulmonary bypass are described. Standards for routine care of the post-operative patients are presented.  Complications are provided along with the recommendations for resuscitation should cardiac arrest occur.

To watch the lecture, and learn more about the speaker, please visit https://www.continulus.com