Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Article	Citations
Non-medical prescribing in critical care	205
Risk factors, diagnostic methods and treatment of infection in adult patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: A scoping review	73
Designing devices to communicate effectively with intensive care nurses to prevent pressure injuries: A qualitative study	71
Practical strategies for promoting healthy sleep in intensive care units	66
Mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza for ICU personnel? Yes!	50
Corrigendum to “Targeting zero medication administration errors in pediatric intensive care unit: A quality improvement project” [Intensive & Crit. Care Nurs. (2024) 81, 103595]	49
From ICU to emergency department: Integrating sustainability for a greener healthcare future – Letter on Bartoli et al.	49
Diaries for dying patients: An outlet for staff members' grief or a powerful way to humanize the intensive care unit?	47
Development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across Europe: A modified e-Delphi study	44
The 2023 World delirium awareness and quality Survey: A Canadian substudy	44
Association of the quantitative oral health status of patients with COVID-19 with their organ status and immunity: A single-centre observational study	43
Simulated haemodynamic parameters and different infusion set-up affect drug delivery during syringe pump change over: A bench-top study in a laboratory setting	42
Scandinavian healthcare professionals’ perceptions of rehabilitation practices in the intensive care unit. A cross-sectional survey	36
Current insights on awake prone positioning in the ICU	35
How do intensive care clinicians ensure culturally sensitive care for family members at the end of life? A retrospective descriptive study	34
Exploring ‘family’ in paediatric intensive care family-centred-care research: A concept analysis	32
Performance and validation of two ICU delirium assessment and severity tools; a prospective observational study	32
Symptom experiences of critically-ill hematologic malignancy patients: A scoping review	32
Early mobilisation for prevention and treatment of delirium in critically ill patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis	31
Sleep documentation by intensive care unit clinicians: Prevalence, predictors and agreement with sleep quality and duration	30
Tube placement using ‘IRIS’: A pilot assessment of its utility and safety	30
Editorial Board	30
Flow generators for helmet CPAP: Which to prefer? A bench study	29
Workload assessment using the nursing activities score in intensive care units: Nationwide prospective observational study in France	28
The effects of spiritual care intervention on spiritual well-being, loneliness, hope and life satisfaction of intensive care unit patients	27

Missed nursing care in the critical care unit, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative cross-sectional study	26
Intention to use physical restraint in paediatric intensive care units and correlated variables: A multicentre and cross-sectional study	26
Key considerations regarding veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the treatment of cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest − Letter to Son et al.	26
Case-based educational strategies to nurse practitioners’ curriculum: The Indian perspective	26
Defining effective communication for critically ill patients with an artificial airway: An international multi-professional consensus	25
The added value of physiotherapists in preventing pressure injuries in intensive care patients	25
The impact of a three-tiered model of nursing redeployment during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study	25
Healthcare professional views on barriers to implementation of evidence-based practice in prevention of ventilator-associated events: A qualitative descriptive study	24
Improving patient care transitions from the intensive care unit to the ward by learning from everyday practice. A multicenter qualitative study	24
Perme ICU Physical Therapy Competency: Development of an ICU Knowledge and Skills Assessment Tool	24
Navigating between the familiar and the unfamiliar: A qualitative study exploring critical care nurses’ clinical practice during early rehabilitation in the ICU	23
Caring for victims of child abuse in the pediatric intensive care unit	23
The effectiveness of FOUR score versus GCS scale in predicting mortality and morbidity in traumatic brain injured patients in intensive care: A systematic review	22
Fathers’ experiences of nurses’ roles and care practices during their preterm infant’s stay in the neonatal intensive care unit	22
Using professional interpreters to overcome language barriers: An imperative in the care of linguistically-diverse patients in critical care	22
The Ideal Human Care in Green ICU: An integrated AI framework for future ICU care	22
Exploration of pressure injury risk in adult inpatients: An integrated Braden scale and rough set approach	22
Upper limb peripheral nerve injuries in patients with ARDS requiring prone positioning: A systematic review with proportion meta-analysis	22
Effects of an interactive handgrip game on surgical patients requiring intensive care: An assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial	21
Tolerance of enteral nutrition during prone therapy in a COVID-19 cohort	21
What happens after discharge from the intensive care unit? Common challenges to intensive care unit survivors with post-intensive care syndrome	21
Editorial Board	21
Medical Device-Related Pressure Injury Care and Prevention Training Program (DevICeU): Effects on intensive care nurses' knowledge, prevention performance and point prevalence	20
The effect of audiobooks on sleep quality and vital signs in intensive care patients	20
Return to work during first year after intensive care treatment and the impact of demographic, clinical and psychosocial factors	20
Mucosal membrane pressure injuries are a subset of pressure injuries in the intensive care unit: Introducing the PI-in-ICU concept − Letter on Chen et al.	20
Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury in COVID-19 Patients in the Prone Position	20
Impact of the health policy for interdisciplinary collaborative rehabilitation practices in intensive care units: A difference-in-differences analysis in Japan	20
The value of nursing intuition	19
The impact of family visitor restrictions on healthcare workers in the ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic	19
Prevalence and risk factors of subsyndromal delirium in ICU: A systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Targeting zero medication administration errors in the pediatric intensive care unit: A Quality Improvement project	19
Exploring patients’ and families’ preferences for auditory stimulation in ICU delirium prevention: A qualitative study	19
How to guarantee the core competencies in redeployment during the patient surge from COVID-19 or other emerging infectious diseases	19
Opening Pandora’s box by generating ICU diaries through artificial intelligence: A hypothetical study protocol	19
Barriers and facilitators of adherence to evidence-based pressure injury prevention clinical practice guideline among intensive care nurses: A cross-sectional survey	18
The choice of the interface for noninvasive ventilation: Will the answer come from meta-analyses? Response to Lemyze et al.	18
Editorial Board	18
The challenge of being an “ECMO nurse”	18
Preventing healthcare-acquired infections in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia in intensive care units: The role of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor prophylaxis	17
Adequate delirium management in the ICU starts with delirium assessment	17
Early sepsis recognition: Is hypothermia the most neglected symptom?	17
Editorial Board	17
How to communicate with family members of the critically ill in the intensive care unit: A scoping review	17
Exploring differences in reported mental health outcomes and quality of life between physically restrained and non-physically restrained ICU patients; a prospective cohort study	17
The distorted memories of patients treated in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study	17
Counselling offered to and needed by Finnish adult intensive care unit patients based on patients' records and memories	17
Facilitators, barriers and acceptability of implementing a communication board in Sri Lankan intensive care units: A qualitative descriptive study	16
Kotter’s 8-step change model to improve hand hygiene compliance in intensive care unit: A 41-month prospective longitudinal quality improvement study	16
Reduction of sound levels in the intermediate care unit; a quasi-experimental time-series design study	16

The diverse invitations to participate in early rehabilitation – A qualitative study of nurse-patient interactions in the intensive care unit	16
Fatigue after CriTical illness (FACT): Co-production of a self-management intervention to support people with fatigue after critical illness	16
Effects of Wab-WPPEP on post-intensive care syndrome-family in family caregivers of heart valve replacement patients: A randomized controlled trial	16
The Impact of Non-Pharmacological Sleep Interventions on Delirium Prevention and Sleep Improvement in Postoperative ICU Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis	16
Break down barriers – Can point prevalence studies change mobilization practice in the intensive care unit?	15
Contamination of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria on toothbrushes used with mechanically ventilated patients: A cross sectional study	15
Incidence, characteristics and risk factors of medical device-related pressure injuries: An observational cohort study	15
Moral distress, emotional impact and coping in intensive care unit staff during the COVID-19 outbreak	15
Early changes in skin surface temperature predict body temperature increases in patients with fever: A pilot study	14
Decibel level of coughing as a predictor of extubation outcome in mechanically ventilated intensive care patients: A prospective, observational study	14
Burnout, compassion fatigue and work-related stressors among organ donation and transplantation coordinators: A qualitative study	14
Family involvement in the intensive care unit, moving to decision-making and family participation	14
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and diurnal analgosedation: A comparative retrospective study in ventilated patients	14
Prevalence and risk factors for burnout, missed nursing care, and intention-to-leave the job among intensive care unit and general ward nurses: A cross-sectional study across six European countries in	14
Family functioning of families experiencing intensive care and the specific impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A grounded theory study	14
Comparing rehabilitation outcomes for patients admitted to the intensive care unit with COVID-19 requiring mechanical ventilation during the first two waves of the pandemic: A service evaluation	14
Staff perceptions of spiritual care in intensive care: A preliminary survey	14
Editorial Board	14
Sustainability in ICU: Less plastic, greener future - Letter on Eid et al.	14
The key role of intensive care nurses in critical illness dysphagia assessment, prevention, and management	14
Humanisation in paediatric intensive care units: A narrative review	13
The relationship between secondary traumatic stress and burnout in critical care nurses: The mediating effect of resilience	13
Non-medical prescribing in critical care: A mixed methods study	13
Quality of life of critical care nurses and impact on anxiety, depression, stress, burnout and sleep quality: A cross-sectional study	13
Understanding the needs and perceptions of early mobilization for critically ill patients: A systematic review of qualitative studies	13
Editorial Board	13
Redefining “Critical care”: From where intensive care unit beds are located to patients’ status	13
Impact of oral care on thirst perception and dry mouth assessments in intensive care patients: An observational study	13
Editorial Board	13
Current Insights Oesophageal pressure monitoring: A real advanced tool for ICU nurses	12
Validity and reliability of the italian-Neonatal skin risk assessment scale (i-NSRAS)	12
Monitoring patient's vital signs: A new and old issue for intensive care nurses	12
The relationship between sensory stimuli and the physical environment in complex healthcare settings: A systematic literature review	12
Risk markers for postoperative reintubation of intensive care unit patients: A retrospective multicentre study of the National Intensive Care Registry	12
Use of the structured emergency nursing framework HIRAID® improves patient experience: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised control trial in rural, regional and metropolitan Australia	12
Monitoring delirium in the intensive care unit: Diagnostic accuracy of the CAM-ICU tool when performed by certified nursing assistants – A prospective multicenter study	12
Do we care? Physically restrained patients in the intensive care unit	12
Staff perception of the implementation, enablers and barriers to pediatric intensive care unit diary writing: A qualitative study	12
Risk stratification for violent behavior in critically ill patients: Current assessment tools	12
Nurse-led implementation of palliative care in the intensive care unit	12
The impact of clearly defined debriefing practices on nurses working within an adult intensive care: A systematic review	12
Pat Ashworth SRN, SCM, FRCN, FFNRCSI (1930–2023)	12
Registered nurses’ experience of care for adult patients with a temporary tracheostomy at general hospital wards. A phenomenological-hermeneutic explorative study	12
The lived experience by patients and family members of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A qualitative study	11
Prevalence of chronic pain and its risk factors until one year after intensive care unit discharge. A single-center prospective observational study	11
Non-pharmacological sleep interventions for adult patients in intensive care Units: A systematic review	11
End-of-life care in critical care is about more than just education − Response to Bloomer et al.	11
The choice of the interface for noninvasive ventilation: Will the answer come from meta-analyses?	11
Intensive care unit staffing during the periods of fluctuating bed occupancy: An alternative dynamic model	11
Communication strategies for effective family-clinician conversations in the intensive care unit: A mixed methods study	11
In-hospital COVID-19 outbreak investigation: A practical approach to root cause analysis	11
Comparing povidone-iodine vs. chlorhexidine based external ventricular drain dressings: A nurse driven study	11
Taste in ICU: An unmet need	11
Influence of spirituality on moral distress and resilience in critical care staff: A scoping review	11
Impact of COVID-19 on nursing workload as measured with the Nursing Activities Score in intensive care	11
Parents’ experiences during and after their child’s stay in the paediatric intensive care unit – A qualitative interview study	11
Sleep in the intensive and intermediate care units: Exploring related factors of delirium, benzodiazepine use and mortality	11
Tools used to assess comfort among patients undergoing high flow nasal cannula: A scoping review	11
Monitoring methods for correct gastric tube placement in neurologically critical patients using PETCO2 and pH – Letter on Chen et al.	10
Outcomes associated with ventilator-associated events (VAE), respiratory infections (VARI), pneumonia (VAP) and tracheobronchitis (VAT) in ventilated pediatric ICU patients: A multicentre prospective	10
Oxygen saturation is a better index than arterial partial pressure of oxygen to predict pressure injuries in the intensive care unit − Letter on Han et al.	10
Surviving an intensive care unit stay – Do we know if intensive care unit survivors go back to life?	10
Educational interventions and promotion of changes in the practices of prevention and monitoring of delirium in critical patient	10
How the COVID-19 pandemic has reaffirmed the priorities for end-of-life care in critical care: Looking to the future	10
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE): The storm is coming	10
Factors influencing high-flow nasal cannula success in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure – Letter on Zevallos-Villegas et al.	10
Current approach to fever of unknown origin in the intensive care unit	10
Early communication training before intensive care unit admission	10
Personalized approaches to ICU Distress: Moving beyond Survival toward holistic recovery	10
Building critical care nursing research capacity	10
Identifying ICU survivors and relatives with post-traumatic stress disorder using text mining: An explorative study	10
Editorial Board	10
Early mobilisation of critically ill patients: How soon is soon enough?	10
Introductory editorial	9
Nursing workload on the day of discharge from the intensive care unit is associated with readmission	9
Main determinants of mortality in patients with severe infection or sepsis	9
Understanding the use of sedation boluses in the intensive care unit: A mixed methods study	9
Impact of nursing policy on securing intensive care unit nurse staffing and in-hospital mortality	9
The effect of vasopressor agents on pressure injury development in intensive care patients	9
Pain, nausea, vomiting, thirst, cold, … the challenge of well-being in post-operative patients	9

Determinants of digital ICU diary implementation and use by ICU professionals: A cross-sectional survey analysis	9
Communication strategies for expressing empathy during family-clinician conversations in the intensive care unit: A mixed methods study	9
The obesity paradox in sepsis: An ongoing debate	9
Feasibility of implementing a communication board to improve communication interactions of mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units at one Sri Lankan hospital − A pilot randomised cont	9
Diagnostic accuracy of the pediatric CAM-ICU, pre-school CAM-ICU, Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium and Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium for detecting delirium in the pediatric intensive	9
Strengthening ICU care: How policies affect staffing and patient outcomes	9
First and final farewells, disrupted family connections and loss: A collective case study exploring the impact of COVID-19 visitor restrictions in critical care	9
A respiratory critical care nurse training program for settings without a registered respiratory therapists: A protocol for a multimethod study	9
Sustainability in ICU: Less plastic, greener future – Response to Lucchini et al.	9
“I will get out of this” - The patients’ experiences of early mobilisation in intensive care. A hermeneutic study	9
Intra-hospital transfer anxiety of patients in the neurosurgery intensive care unit: A prospective cohort study	9
Nutrition and pressure injury prevention in the intensive care unit: Weighing the evidence	8
High-flow nasal cannula monotherapy: Identifying suitable acute hypoxemic respiratory failure patients – Response to Wei et al.	8
The impact of physical restraints on mental health and quality of life in ICU patients – Letter on Francken et al.	8
An audit of central venous catheter insertion and management practices in an Australian tertiary intensive care unit: A quality improvement project	8
The comparison of the Nursing Activities Score and TrendCare to accurately measure critical care nursing workload: A prospective observational design	8
Healthcare provider perspectives on family participation in cardiac ICU rounds: Before and after intervention survey	8
The impact of critical illness on patients’ physical function and recovery: An explanatory mixed-methods analysis	8
The role of AI in emergency department triage: An integrative systematic review	8
Family auditory stimulation: A promising family-centered care strategy for preventing ICU delirium	8
Contamination of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria on toothbrushes used with mechanically ventilated patients: A cross sectional study	8
The lived experiences of critical care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative systematic review	8
Nurse decision-making when managing noradrenaline in the intensive care unit: A naturalistic observational study	8
Association between psychosocial factors and satisfaction with communication in family members of intensive care unit patients during COVID-19 pandemic: An exploratory cross-sectional study	8
Comparisons of nursing hours and nurse-to-patient ratios required for patients with mechanical ventilation, CRRT, and ECMO in intensive care units: A cross-sectional study	8
Research topics on pressure injury prevention and measurement tools from 1997 to 2023: A bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer	8
The effects of structured family auditory stimulation on preventing ICU delirium among patients with unplanned admissions: A randomized controlled study	8
The effect of music on delirium, pain, sedation and anxiety in patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit	8
Multi-stakeholder perspectives into the experiences of siblings when a child is critically ill: A qualitative systematic review	8
Delirium in the ICU: Steps forward and the road ahead	7
Corrigendum “Resistance training combined with β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate for patients with critical illness: A four-arm, mixed-methods, feasibility randomised controlled trial” [Intensive Crit. Care.	7
Flexible ICU visiting: Improving family outcomes while navigating implementation challenges	7
Comorbidities and delirium in older chronic kidney disease patients admitted to the intensive care unit: A data linkage study	7
Obesity paradox of sepsis in long-term outcome: The differential effect of body composition	7
Stepwise implementation of prevention strategies and their impact on ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence: A 13-Year observational surveillance study	7
Development of the nursing practice scale for end-of-life family conferences in critical care	7
Effects of dietary fibre on enteral feeding intolerance and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: A meta-analysis	7
Music as healing in ICU survivors: The road ahead in seeking the right tone	7
Factors that influence critical care nurses’ management of sedation for ventilated patients in critical care: A qualitative study	7
Mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza for ICU personnel? No!	7
Editorial Board	7
Factors associated with significant post-traumatic-stress symptoms among bereaved family members of patients who died in intensive care units	7
Antimicrobial residual drug error in the intensive care unit; a single blinded prospective observational study	7
Conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the COVID-19-related visiting restrictions in the intensive care unit: A Scandinavian cross-sectional study	7
Insights and recommendations for optimizing the ARDS prone ventilation model – Letter on Yan et al.	7
Experiences, opinions and expectations of health care providers towards an intensive care unit follow-up clinic: Qualitative study and online survey	7
Potential donor family behaviours, experiences and decisions following implementation of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 in England: A qualitative study	7
Risk factors for neurological disability outcomes in patients under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation following cardiac arrest: An observational study	7
Nurse-performed ultrasound assessment of gastric residual volume and enteral nasogastric tube placement in the general intensive care unit	7
Current perception and knowledge of preventing medical device related pressure injury among nursing staff in intensive care units: A national descriptive cross-sectional study	7
Knowledge, attitudes, and perceived barriers regarding pain assessment and management among Thai critical care nurses: A cross-sectional study	7
How to communicate with family members of the critically ill in the intensive care unit: A scoping review	7
The influence of nurse characteristics on practice skills and attitudes towards working with families in critical care: A regression analysis	7
Masseter muscle pressure injury: First report of a prone position complication in patients with COVID-19	7
Waiting to be discharged from intensive care units: Key factors shaping patient and family experiences	7
Effects of different dietary fiber supplement strategies on incidence of acute gastrointestinal injury in ICU patients: A prospective observational study	7
The effect of late-onset sepsis on mortality across different gestational ages in a neonatal intensive care unit: A historical study	7
Complications of prone positioning in patients with COVID-19: A cross-sectional study	7
A qualitative exploration of nurse-physician collaboration in intensive care units	7
Accelerating the impact of family-centered care interventions in adult ICUs: Learning from critical care literature across neonatal and adult populations	7
Burnout levels and care behaviours in intensive care nurses: A cross-sectional, multicentre study	6
A prediction model for nonresponsive outcomes in critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome undergoing prone position ventilation: A retrospective cohort study	6
A nomogram for predicting postoperative delirium in pediatric patients following cardiopulmonary bypass: A prospective observational study	6
Factors affecting adult intensive care units costs by using the bottom-up and top-down costing methodology in OECD countries: A systematic review	6
Effect of menthol lozenges after extubation on thirst, nausea, physiological parameters, and comfort in cardiovascular surgery patients: A randomized controlled trial	6
Factors contributing to poor sleep in critically ill patients: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies	6
Web-based survey of the need for post-intensive care unit treatment wards in Austria	6
Clinical debriefing: who’s invited? Letter on Rousseau et al.	6
The examination of stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth in the patients diagnosed with Covid-19	6
Intensive care nurses’ provision of culturally sensitive care through communication at the end-of-life - Response to Brooks et al.	6
Survival of veno-arterial ECMO patients: Successes, challenges, and future directions	6
Corrigendum to “Risk prediction using the National Early Warning Score and the Worthing Physiological Scoring System in patients who were transported to the Intensive Care Unit from the Emergency Depa	6
Effect of high-flow nasal cannula therapy on thirst sensation and dry mouth after extubation: A single-centre prospective cohort study	6
Patient experiences of an intensive care Liaison Nurse support service	6
Sustained adherence to a delirium guideline five years after implementation in an intensive care setting: A retrospective cohort study	6
The risk factors of reintubation in intensive care unit patients on mechanical ventilation: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Physical activity and sedentary behavior in middle-aged intensive care unit survivors discharged home: A systematic review	6
Experiences of nurses with an innovative digital diary intervention in the intensive care unit: A qualitative exploration	6
Prophylactic dressings to prevent sacral pressure injuries in adult patients admitted to intensive care units: A three-arm feasibility randomized controlled trial	6
The effect of ice-cold water spray following the model for symptom management on postoperative thirst in patients admitted to intensive care unit: A randomized controlled study	6
Burden of care related to monitoring patient vital signs during intensive care; a descriptive retrospective database study	6
Artificial intelligence in nursing care: The gap between research and the real world	6
Exploration of a rapid response team model of care: A descriptive dual methods study	6
Open visting hours: A part of patient centred care in the intensive care unit	6
Hong Kong general ward nurses' experiences of transitional care for patients discharged from the intensive care unit: An inductive thematic analysis	6
Parental psychosocial needs in Brazilian paediatric intensive care units	6
Promoting an inclusive and humanised environment in the intensive care unit: Shift happens	6
Independent risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia: A multi-ICU cohort study	6
Effects of preoperative oral care on bacterial colonisation and halitosis in patients undergoing elective surgery: A randomised controlled study	6
Editorial Board	6
Emotional intelligence of nurses in intensive care units: A systematic review	6
Factors associated with good death for end-of-life patients in the intensive care unit based on nurses’ perspectives: A systematic review	6
Moral distress, emotional impact and coping in intensive care unit staff during the outbreak of COVID-19	6
Factors associated with 30-day in-hospital mortality in critically ill adult patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - Letter on Lee et al.	5
Essential steps towards an environmentally sustainable intensive care unit	5