OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Critical Care Nurse is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
ALWAYS Making Patient Safety a Priority	137
2022 National Teaching Institute Evidence-Based Solutions Abstracts	29
Preparing for a Successful Examination	20
High-Level Burnout in Physicians and Nurses Working in Adult Intensive Care Units	19
The Road to Certification	14
The Evidence of Us	14
Increasing Nursing Documentation Efficiency With Wearable Sensors for Pressure Injury Prevention	13
More Than Just a Check-the-Box Form: Informed Consent	13
Empower Nurses to Liberalize Older Patients’ Diets	13
Professional Caring	12
The Preceptor Shortage: Seeking Solutions	12
Celebrating Certification	12
Conservative Treatment of Mesenteric and Hepatic Portal Venous Gas Caused by Gut-Derived Infection After Ileostomy: A Case Report	11
Historical Letters to the Editor Mirror Current Issues in Nursing	10
To Learn, Try Teaching	9
Reframing the Term Missed Care to Avoid Misplaced Blame	9
An Approach to Manage Agitation	9
Precepting for Success	8
Prone Positioning in Patients With COVID-19 and Non–COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	8
Implementing Brief Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Reduce Compassion Fatigue	8
Critical Care Nurses’ Attitudes About Family Presence During Resuscitation: An Integrative Review	8
Rebuilding Public Trust in Vaccinations	8
Violence in the Workplace: Preparedness, Prevention, Response, and Recovery Strategies for Acute and Critical Care Nurses	8
Sleep Hygiene for Hospitalized Older Adults	8
Impact of Case Review Debriefings on Moral Distress of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Nurses	8

Certification Sends a Message	7
Extinguish the Burnout	7
The Authors Respond	7
Clinical Practice Guidelines Can Be Valuable Sources of Evidence	7
Nurses’ Perspectives on Caring for Critically Ill Children During a Measles Outbreak: A Case Report	7
Creating an Escape Room for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Validation	6
Use of Rounding Checklists to Improve Communication and Collaboration in the Adult Intensive Care Unit: An Integrative Review	6
Physiological and Psychological Changes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Integrative Review	6
NRP Versus PALS for Infants Outside the Delivery Room: Not If, but When?	6
2023 National Teaching Institute Evidence-Based Solutions Abstracts	6
Sternal Wound Action Team (S.W.A.T.)	6
Impact of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Preadmission Huddle on Perceptions of Interprofessional Communication About Patient Safety	6
Hypothermia for Neuroprotection in Adults After Cardiac Arrest	6
Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit for Diagnosing Delirium in Adults in Critical Care Settings	5
Nurse-Driven Fluid Responsiveness Evaluation in Patients With Septic Shock: A Quality Improvement Initiative	5
It’s a DOBUTAful Day to Save Lives	5
Corrections	5
Improving Patient Safety by Increasing Staff Knowledge of Evidence-Based Pulse Oximetry Practices	5
Resilience in Intensive Care Unit Nurses: An Integrative Review	5
Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Levels in Adult Patients With Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	5
A Misaligned Solution: The Challenges of Deploying Intensive Care Unit Nurses to Unfamiliar Practice Environments	5
BRIDGE-ICU: A Novel Initiative to Align Goals of Care With Prognosis, Functional Goals, and Quality of Life in Critical Care	5
Impact of Dual Intensive Care Unit and Rapid Response Team Nursing Roles on Service Delivery in the Intensive Care Unit	4
Difficult Times Without Easy Solutions: Nurses Want to Be Heard!	4
Trustworthy Nurses	4
Experiences of Parents of Children With Medical Complexity in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Scoping Review	4
Just Keep MOVEN: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Outcomes in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation	4
Implementing a Preoperative Anemia Optimization Protocol for Cardiovascular Surgery Patients: A Quality Improvement Project	4
Oral Care in Critically Ill Infants and the Potential Effect on Infant Health: An Integrative Review	4
Early Mobility After Cardiac Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project	4
Enabling Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical and Vocational Nurses, and Assistive Personnel to Practice to Their Fullest Extent	4
Using Remote Technology in Patient Care	4
Using Chlorhexidine-Coated Dialysis Catheter Caps to Reduce Central Venous Dialysis Catheter Infection Rates: A Quality Improvement Project	4
Postoperative Nursing Care of a Deceased Donor Tracheal Transplant Recipient	3
Sharing Our Experience: Drip Titration and Block Charting	3
Book Reviews	3
Entering a No Diaper Zone: Rethinking Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection	3
Measuring Intracranial Pressure	3
A Review of Chlorhexidine Oral Care in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation	3
Book Reviews	3
Autism in Critical Care	3
The Imperative of Proactivity	3
AACN CSI Academy: Implementing Patient-Centered Interprofessional Bedside Rounds	3
High-Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy for Respiratory Support in Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients	3
Critical Care Nursing and Mass Casualty Response During Operation Allies Refuge	3
Learn Together	3
Editor’s Response to Commentary	3
A Preceptor Development Program	3
Could It Be Menopause?	3
Leveraging Nurse-Patient Assignments to Improve Outcomes in Intensive Care	3

Critical Care Nurse Needs You! Behind the Scenes of Peer Review	3
Empowering Patients Before Heart Transplant With a Walking Competition	2
Outgrowing the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Adults With a Pediatric Medically Complex Condition	2
Risks Associated With Peripheral Vasopressor Administration	2
Effective Following: A Counterpart to Leadership	2
Hit a Handoff Home Run: Cover All the Bases	2
Shared Experiences	2
Book Reviews	2
Strategies to Improve Sleep Quality in Intensive Care Unit Patients	2
Deimplementation of Gastric Residual Volume Monitoring to Enhance Patient Nutrition	2
Rapid Nurse Training to Meet Surge Capacity: An Integrative Review	2
Evidence-Based Protocol for Cardiac Surgical Arrest	2
Improving Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury Outcomes by Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Patient Positioning Devices	2
Time Spent by Intensive Care Unit Nurses on the Electronic Health Record	2
Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity After Acquired Brain Injury: An Integrative Literature Review	2
Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries in a Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit	2
Probable Non–Ventilator-Associated Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: A Case Report	2
Prone Positioning in a Pregnant Woman With Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Case Report	2
Preventing Ventilator-Associated Tracheitis in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit	2
Standard vs Alternative Vent Modes: What’s the Difference?	2
The Nursing Shortage and Work Expectations Are in Critical Condition: Is Anyone Listening?	2
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in the Critical Care Setting	2
Corrections	2
Prostacyclin for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension	2
Overworked and Underpaid: An Impending Nursing Crisis	2
Corrections	2
Use of a Digital Air Leak Detection Device to Decrease Chest Tube Duration	2
Implementing a Nurse-Driven Telemetry Discontinuation Protocol	2