Recently added articles from Connect: The World of Critical Care Nursing:
Using monitoring technology in Cameroon/Uso de tecnologia de monitoreo en Camerun.(GLOBAL CONNECTIONS)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; D'Cruz, Gibson ... INTRODUCTION The growth of a country or region can be measured in a number of ways and one method that is commonly used is the role that technology plays in it. One of the features of advanced countries is the extent to which technology has played in its successful ...
CONNECT in Spanish: challenge, dream or necessity?/CONNECT en Espanol: reto, sueno o necesidad?.(GLOBAL CONNECTIONS)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; Canon, Wilson ... CONNECT: ANTECEDENTES CONNECT es la revista oficial de la Federacion Mundial de Enfermeria en Cuidados Criticos (WFCCN). Es una revista de enfermeria en linea que se publica cuatro veces al ano y esta disponible gratuitamente--en su sitio web--para todos los individuos y ...
Bed safety.(EDITORIAL)
Mar 22, 2009; Fulbrook, Paul ... Perhaps the most taken for granted piece of equipment that is used in modern health care is the hospital bed. However, in recent decades the 'humble' bed has morphed from being a basic piece of ironmongery to become a sophisticated therapeutic tool. Nowehere is this more apparent than in ...
Noise in the intensive care unit: a summary review/Ruido en la unidad de cuidado intensivo: resumen de una revision.(CLINICAL CONNECTIONS)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; Giusti, Gian Domenico ... INTRODUCTION Noise, in clinical areas such as the intensive care unit (ICU) can be an unpleasant auditory stimulus, which may not be easily eliminated (Van de Leur et al., 2004). It may be caused by devices (such as ventilators, infusion pumps, and monitors) that are used during ...
The role of the nurse in ventilator-associated pneumonia/Rol de enfermeria en la neumonia asociada a la ventilacion mecanica.(CLINICAL CONNECTIONS)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; Kwong, Amy Kit Man ... INTRODUCTION Hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) is one of the many nosocomial infections, which is also a common problem in intensive care units throughout the world. In the United States, HAP is the second most common nosocomial infection in adults (Kunis & Puntillo, 2003). ...
Ethical dilemma: do not resuscitate a vegetative paediatric patient/Dilema etico: no reanimar a un paciente pedistrico en estado vegetativo.(CLINICAL CONNECTIONS)(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; Pat, Wong Pik Yan ... INTRODUCTION With the advances in health care technology, nurses have become increasingly involved in the care of patients with a do not resuscitate (DNR) order. A trend in the increase in and wider application of DNR status has become evident (Costello, 2002; Daly et al., 1996; ...
