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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
ALWAYS Making Patient Safety a Priority	138
2022 National Teaching Institute Evidence-Based Solutions Abstracts	29
Preparing for a Successful Examination	21
High-Level Burnout in Physicians and Nurses Working in Adult Intensive Care Units	19
The Road to Certification	15
Empower Nurses to Liberalize Older Patients’ Diets	14
The Evidence of Us	14
The Preceptor Shortage: Seeking Solutions	14
More Than Just a Check-the-Box Form: Informed Consent	13
Increasing Nursing Documentation Efficiency With Wearable Sensors for Pressure Injury Prevention	12
Professional Caring	12
Celebrating Certification	11
Conservative Treatment of Mesenteric and Hepatic Portal Venous Gas Caused by Gut-Derived Infection After Ileostomy: A Case Report	10
Precepting for Success	10
To Learn, Try Teaching	9
Reframing the Term Missed Care to Avoid Misplaced Blame	9
Historical Letters to the Editor Mirror Current Issues in Nursing	9
The Authors Respond	8
An Approach to Manage Agitation	8
Prone Positioning in Patients With COVID-19 and Non–COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	8
Violence in the Workplace: Preparedness, Prevention, Response, and Recovery Strategies for Acute and Critical Care Nurses	8
Critical Care Nurses’ Attitudes About Family Presence During Resuscitation: An Integrative Review	8
Rebuilding Public Trust in Vaccinations	8
Sleep Hygiene for Hospitalized Older Adults	8
Extinguish the Burnout	7

Impact of Case Review Debriefings on Moral Distress of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Nurses	7
Clinical Practice Guidelines Can Be Valuable Sources of Evidence	7
Implementing Brief Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Reduce Compassion Fatigue	7
Certification Sends a Message	7
Nurses’ Perspectives on Caring for Critically Ill Children During a Measles Outbreak: A Case Report	7
Sternal Wound Action Team (S.W.A.T.)	6
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
2023 National Teaching Institute Evidence-Based Solutions Abstracts	6
Impact of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Preadmission Huddle on Perceptions of Interprofessional Communication About Patient Safety	6
Physiological and Psychological Changes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Integrative Review	6
Nurse-Driven Fluid Responsiveness Evaluation in Patients With Septic Shock: A Quality Improvement Initiative	5
Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit for Diagnosing Delirium in Adults in Critical Care Settings	5
A Misaligned Solution: The Challenges of Deploying Intensive Care Unit Nurses to Unfamiliar Practice Environments	5
Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Levels in Adult Patients With Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	5
Improving Patient Safety by Increasing Staff Knowledge of Evidence-Based Pulse Oximetry Practices	5
Corrections	5
Hypothermia for Neuroprotection in Adults After Cardiac Arrest	5
Oral Care in Critically Ill Infants and the Potential Effect on Infant Health: An Integrative Review	4
Just Keep MOVEN: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Outcomes in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation	4
Experiences of Parents of Children With Medical Complexity in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Scoping Review	4
BRIDGE-ICU: A Novel Initiative to Align Goals of Care With Prognosis, Functional Goals, and Quality of Life in Critical Care	4
Enabling Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical and Vocational Nurses, and Assistive Personnel to Practice to Their Fullest Extent	4
Implementing a Preoperative Anemia Optimization Protocol for Cardiovascular Surgery Patients: A Quality Improvement Project	4
Using Chlorhexidine-Coated Dialysis Catheter Caps to Reduce Central Venous Dialysis Catheter Infection Rates: A Quality Improvement Project	4
Using Remote Technology in Patient Care	4
It’s a DOBUTAful Day to Save Lives	4
Difficult Times Without Easy Solutions: Nurses Want to Be Heard!	4
Impact of Dual Intensive Care Unit and Rapid Response Team Nursing Roles on Service Delivery in the Intensive Care Unit	4
A Preceptor Development Program	4
Resilience in Intensive Care Unit Nurses: An Integrative Review	4
Trustworthy Nurses	3
Sharing Our Experience: Drip Titration and Block Charting	3
Learn Together	3
Book Reviews	3
Measuring Intracranial Pressure	3
A Review of Chlorhexidine Oral Care in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation	3
Postoperative Nursing Care of a Deceased Donor Tracheal Transplant Recipient	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
Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity After Acquired Brain Injury: An Integrative Literature Review	3
Editor’s Response to Commentary	3
Early Mobility After Cardiac Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project	3
Critical Care Nursing and Mass Casualty Response During Operation Allies Refuge	3
Leveraging Nurse-Patient Assignments to Improve Outcomes in Intensive Care	3
Critical Care Nurse Needs You! Behind the Scenes of Peer Review	3
Entering a No Diaper Zone: Rethinking Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection	3
Strategies to Improve Sleep Quality in Intensive Care Unit Patients	2

Corrections	2
Evidence-Based Protocol for Cardiac Surgical Arrest	2
Effective Following: A Counterpart to Leadership	2
Empowering Patients Before Heart Transplant With a Walking Competition	2
Overworked and Underpaid: An Impending Nursing Crisis	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
Implementing a Nurse-Driven Telemetry Discontinuation Protocol	2
Risks Associated With Peripheral Vasopressor Administration	2
Preventing Ventilator-Associated Tracheitis in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit	2
Time Spent by Intensive Care Unit Nurses on the Electronic Health Record	2
Rapid Nurse Training to Meet Surge Capacity: An Integrative Review	2
Prostacyclin for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension	2
Shared Experiences	2
Corrections	2
Use of a Digital Air Leak Detection Device to Decrease Chest Tube Duration	2
Book Reviews	2
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in the Critical Care Setting	2
Outgrowing the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Adults With a Pediatric Medically Complex Condition	2
Improving Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury Outcomes by Overcoming Barriers to Implementing Patient Positioning Devices	2
The Nursing Shortage and Work Expectations Are in Critical Condition: Is Anyone Listening?	2
Hit a Handoff Home Run: Cover All the Bases	2
Deimplementation of Gastric Residual Volume Monitoring to Enhance Patient Nutrition	2