Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Article	Citations
Non-medical prescribing in critical care	197
Risk factors, diagnostic methods and treatment of infection in adult patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: A scoping review	124
Practical strategies for promoting healthy sleep in intensive care units	73
Designing devices to communicate effectively with intensive care nurses to prevent pressure injuries: A qualitative study	73
Mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza for ICU personnel? Yes!	70
From ICU to emergency department: Integrating sustainability for a greener healthcare future – Letter on Bartoli et al.	65
Corrigendum to “Targeting zero medication administration errors in pediatric intensive care unit: A quality improvement project” [Intensive & Crit. Care Nurs. (2024) 81, 103595]	49
Diaries for dying patients: An outlet for staff members' grief or a powerful way to humanize the intensive care unit?	48
Exploring ‘family’ in paediatric intensive care family-centred-care research: A concept analysis	47
The 2023 World delirium awareness and quality Survey: A Canadian substudy	47
Development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across Europe: A modified e-Delphi study	43
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	41
Scandinavian healthcare professionals’ perceptions of rehabilitation practices in the intensive care unit. A cross-sectional survey	39
Current insights on awake prone positioning in the ICU	36
How do intensive care clinicians ensure culturally sensitive care for family members at the end of life? A retrospective descriptive study	35
Symptom experiences of critically-ill hematologic malignancy patients: A scoping review	33
Performance and validation of two ICU delirium assessment and severity tools; a prospective observational study	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
Editorial Board	30
Flow generators for helmet CPAP: Which to prefer? A bench study	29
Tube placement using ‘IRIS’: A pilot assessment of its utility and safety	29
Workload assessment using the nursing activities score in intensive care units: Nationwide prospective observational study in France	29
Key considerations regarding veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the treatment of cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest − Letter to Son et al.	28

Case-based educational strategies to nurse practitioners’ curriculum: The Indian perspective	28
Intention to use physical restraint in paediatric intensive care units and correlated variables: A multicentre and cross-sectional study	27
Improving patient care transitions from the intensive care unit to the ward by learning from everyday practice. A multicenter qualitative study	26
The added value of physiotherapists in preventing pressure injuries in intensive care patients	26
The effectiveness of FOUR score versus GCS scale in predicting mortality and morbidity in traumatic brain injured patients in intensive care: A systematic review	25
Healthcare professional views on barriers to implementation of evidence-based practice in prevention of ventilator-associated events: A qualitative descriptive study	25
Perme ICU Physical Therapy Competency: Development of an ICU Knowledge and Skills Assessment Tool	25
Using professional interpreters to overcome language barriers: An imperative in the care of linguistically-diverse patients in critical care	25
Exploration of pressure injury risk in adult inpatients: An integrated Braden scale and rough set approach	23
Defining effective communication for critically ill patients with an artificial airway: An international multi-professional consensus	23
Caring for victims of child abuse in the pediatric intensive care unit	23
Navigating between the familiar and the unfamiliar: A qualitative study exploring critical care nurses’ clinical practice during early rehabilitation in the ICU	23
Missed nursing care in the critical care unit, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative cross-sectional study	22
The effects of spiritual care intervention on spiritual well-being, loneliness, hope and life satisfaction of intensive care unit patients	22
Upper limb peripheral nerve injuries in patients with ARDS requiring prone positioning: A systematic review with proportion meta-analysis	22
Fathers’ experiences of nurses’ roles and care practices during their preterm infant’s stay in the neonatal intensive care unit	22
The impact of a three-tiered model of nursing redeployment during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study	22
Tolerance of enteral nutrition during prone therapy in a COVID-19 cohort	21
Editorial Board	21
Opening Pandora’s box by generating ICU diaries through artificial intelligence: A hypothetical study protocol	21
Effects of an interactive handgrip game on surgical patients requiring intensive care: An assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial	21
Targeting zero medication administration errors in the pediatric intensive care unit: A Quality Improvement project	21
Medical Device-Related Pressure Injury Care and Prevention Training Program (DevICeU): Effects on intensive care nurses' knowledge, prevention performance and point prevalence	21
Exploring patients’ and families’ preferences for auditory stimulation in ICU delirium prevention: A qualitative study	21
Prevalence and risk factors of subsyndromal delirium in ICU: A systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury in COVID-19 Patients in the Prone Position	20
What happens after discharge from the intensive care unit? Common challenges to intensive care unit survivors with post-intensive care syndrome	20
Impact of the health policy for interdisciplinary collaborative rehabilitation practices in intensive care units: A difference-in-differences analysis in Japan	20
The challenge of being an “ECMO nurse”	19
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.	19
Return to work during first year after intensive care treatment and the impact of demographic, clinical and psychosocial factors	19
How to guarantee the core competencies in redeployment during the patient surge from COVID-19 or other emerging infectious diseases	19
Healthcare professionals’ values about and experience with facilitating end-of-life care in the adult intensive care unit	19
The value of nursing intuition	19
The effect of audiobooks on sleep quality and vital signs in intensive care patients	19
The impact of family visitor restrictions on healthcare workers in the ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic	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
Editorial Board	17
Fatigue after CriTical illness (FACT): Co-production of a self-management intervention to support people with fatigue after critical illness	17
Early sepsis recognition: Is hypothermia the most neglected symptom?	17
Adequate delirium management in the ICU starts with delirium assessment	17
Kotter’s 8-step change model to improve hand hygiene compliance in intensive care unit: A 41-month prospective longitudinal quality improvement study	17
How to communicate with family members of the critically ill in the intensive care unit: A scoping review	17
Facilitators, barriers and acceptability of implementing a communication board in Sri Lankan intensive care units: A qualitative descriptive study	17
Effects of Wab-WPPEP on post-intensive care syndrome-family in family caregivers of heart valve replacement patients: A randomized controlled trial	17
The distorted memories of patients treated in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study	17
Preventing healthcare-acquired infections in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia in intensive care units: The role of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor prophylaxis	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 Impact of Non-Pharmacological Sleep Interventions on Delirium Prevention and Sleep Improvement in Postoperative ICU Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis	17
Reduction of sound levels in the intermediate care unit; a quasi-experimental time-series design study	17
Break down barriers – Can point prevalence studies change mobilization practice in the intensive care unit?	16
Counselling offered to and needed by Finnish adult intensive care unit patients based on patients' records and memories	16
Incidence, characteristics and risk factors of medical device-related pressure injuries: An observational cohort study	16
Moral distress, emotional impact and coping in intensive care unit staff during the COVID-19 outbreak	16
The diverse invitations to participate in early rehabilitation – A qualitative study of nurse-patient interactions in the intensive care unit	16
Editorial Board	15
Contamination of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria on toothbrushes used with mechanically ventilated patients: A cross sectional study	15
Burnout, compassion fatigue and work-related stressors among organ donation and transplantation coordinators: A qualitative study	15
The key role of intensive care nurses in critical illness dysphagia assessment, prevention, and management	15
Understanding the needs and perceptions of early mobilization for critically ill patients: A systematic review of qualitative studies	14
Quality of life of critical care nurses and impact on anxiety, depression, stress, burnout and sleep quality: A cross-sectional study	14
Sustainability in ICU: Less plastic, greener future - Letter on Eid et al.	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
Family functioning of families experiencing intensive care and the specific impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A grounded theory study	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
Decibel level of coughing as a predictor of extubation outcome in mechanically ventilated intensive care patients: A prospective, observational study	14
Family involvement in the intensive care unit, moving to decision-making and family participation	14
Impact of oral care on thirst perception and dry mouth assessments in intensive care patients: An observational study	13
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and diurnal analgosedation: A comparative retrospective study in ventilated patients	13
Editorial Board	13
Staff perceptions of spiritual care in intensive care: A preliminary survey	13
The relationship between secondary traumatic stress and burnout in critical care nurses: The mediating effect of resilience	13
Redefining “Critical care”: From where intensive care unit beds are located to patients’ status	13
Editorial Board	13
Pat Ashworth SRN, SCM, FRCN, FFNRCSI (1930–2023)	13
Early changes in skin surface temperature predict body temperature increases in patients with fever: A pilot study	13
Humanisation in paediatric intensive care units: A narrative review	13
Non-medical prescribing in critical care: A mixed methods study	13
Prevalence of burnout risk and factors associated with burnout risk among ICU nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak in French speaking Belgium	13
Parents’ experiences during and after their child’s stay in the paediatric intensive care unit – A qualitative interview study	12
Risk stratification for violent behavior in critically ill patients: Current assessment tools	12
The impact of clearly defined debriefing practices on nurses working within an adult intensive care: A systematic review	12
Monitoring patient's vital signs: A new and old issue for intensive care nurses	12
Risk markers for postoperative reintubation of intensive care unit patients: A retrospective multicentre study of the National Intensive Care Registry	12
Current Insights Oesophageal pressure monitoring: A real advanced tool for ICU nurses	12
Do we care? Physically restrained patients in the intensive care unit	12
Registered nurses’ experience of care for adult patients with a temporary tracheostomy at general hospital wards. A phenomenological-hermeneutic explorative study	12
Staff perception of the implementation, enablers and barriers to pediatric intensive care unit diary writing: A qualitative study	12
The relationship between sensory stimuli and the physical environment in complex healthcare settings: A systematic literature review	12
Nurse-led implementation of palliative care in the intensive care unit	12
Good habits from the pandemic age to bring home: Effective communication and briefing tools	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
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
Influence of spirituality on moral distress and resilience in critical care staff: A scoping review	12
Communication strategies for effective family-clinician conversations in the intensive care unit: A mixed methods study	11
Impact of COVID-19 on nursing workload as measured with the Nursing Activities Score in intensive care	11
Taste in ICU: An unmet need	11
Comparing povidone-iodine vs. chlorhexidine based external ventricular drain dressings: A nurse driven study	11
Educational interventions and promotion of changes in the practices of prevention and monitoring of delirium in critical patient	11
Prevalence of chronic pain and its risk factors until one year after intensive care unit discharge. A single-center prospective observational study	11
Intensive care unit staffing during the periods of fluctuating bed occupancy: An alternative dynamic model	11
The lived experience by patients and family members of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A qualitative study	11
Tools used to assess comfort among patients undergoing high flow nasal cannula: A scoping review	11
Current approach to fever of unknown origin in the intensive care unit	11
Validity and reliability of the italian-Neonatal skin risk assessment scale (i-NSRAS)	11
Non-pharmacological sleep interventions for adult patients in intensive care Units: A systematic review	11
Can artificial intelligence and machine learning help us treat sepsis?	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
In-hospital COVID-19 outbreak investigation: A practical approach to root cause analysis	11
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE): The storm is coming	10
Surviving an intensive care unit stay – Do we know if intensive care unit survivors go back to life?	10
Editorial Board	10
A respiratory critical care nurse training program for settings without a registered respiratory therapists: A protocol for a multimethod study	10
Factors influencing high-flow nasal cannula success in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure – Letter on Zevallos-Villegas et al.	10
Early communication training before intensive care unit admission	10
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
Personalized approaches to ICU Distress: Moving beyond Survival toward holistic recovery	10
Early mobilisation of critically ill patients: How soon is soon enough?	10
Building critical care nursing research capacity	10
Introductory editorial	9
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.	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
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
“I will get out of this” - The patients’ experiences of early mobilisation in intensive care. A hermeneutic study	9
Determinants of digital ICU diary implementation and use by ICU professionals: A cross-sectional survey analysis	9

Sleep in the intensive and intermediate care units: Exploring related factors of delirium, benzodiazepine use and mortality	9
Nursing workload on the day of discharge from the intensive care unit is associated with readmission	9
The obesity paradox in sepsis: An ongoing debate	9
Multi-stakeholder perspectives into the experiences of siblings when a child is critically ill: A qualitative systematic review	9
Pain, nausea, vomiting, thirst, cold, … the challenge of well-being in post-operative patients	9
Identifying ICU survivors and relatives with post-traumatic stress disorder using text mining: An explorative study	9
How the COVID-19 pandemic has reaffirmed the priorities for end-of-life care in critical care: Looking to the future	9
Strengthening ICU care: How policies affect staffing and patient outcomes	9
Sustainability in ICU: Less plastic, greener future – Response to Lucchini et al.	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
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
The comparison of the Nursing Activities Score and TrendCare to accurately measure critical care nursing workload: A prospective observational design	8
Nurse decision-making when managing noradrenaline in the intensive care unit: A naturalistic observational study	8
The effects of structured family auditory stimulation on preventing ICU delirium among patients with unplanned admissions: A randomized controlled study	8
Intra-hospital transfer anxiety of patients in the neurosurgery intensive care unit: A prospective cohort study	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
An audit of central venous catheter insertion and management practices in an Australian tertiary intensive care unit: A quality improvement project	8
The impact of physical restraints on mental health and quality of life in ICU patients – Letter on Francken et al.	8
The effect of music on delirium, pain, sedation and anxiety in patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit	8
Healthcare provider perspectives on family participation in cardiac ICU rounds: Before and after intervention survey	8
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	8
The impact of critical illness on patients’ physical function and recovery: An explanatory mixed-methods analysis	8
The lived experiences of critical care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative systematic review	8
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	8
Contamination of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria on toothbrushes used with mechanically ventilated patients: A cross sectional study	8
Communication strategies for expressing empathy during family-clinician conversations in the intensive care unit: A mixed methods study	8
Nutrition and pressure injury prevention in the intensive care unit: Weighing the evidence	8
Impact of nursing policy on securing intensive care unit nurse staffing and in-hospital mortality	8
Research topics on pressure injury prevention and measurement tools from 1997 to 2023: A bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer	8
High-flow nasal cannula monotherapy: Identifying suitable acute hypoxemic respiratory failure patients – Response to Wei et al.	8
The effect of vasopressor agents on pressure injury development in intensive care patients	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	7
The influence of nurse characteristics on practice skills and attitudes towards working with families in critical care: A regression analysis	7
Comorbidities and delirium in older chronic kidney disease patients admitted to the intensive care unit: A data linkage study	7
A qualitative exploration of nurse-physician collaboration in intensive care units	7
Factors associated with significant post-traumatic-stress symptoms among bereaved family members of patients who died in intensive care units	7
Sustained adherence to a delirium guideline five years after implementation in an intensive care setting: A retrospective cohort study	7
Risk factors for neurological disability outcomes in patients under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation following cardiac arrest: An observational study	7
Factors affecting adult intensive care units costs by using the bottom-up and top-down costing methodology in OECD countries: A systematic review	7
Potential donor family behaviours, experiences and decisions following implementation of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 in England: A qualitative study	7
Waiting to be discharged from intensive care units: Key factors shaping patient and family experiences	7
Antimicrobial residual drug error in the intensive care unit; a single blinded prospective observational study	7
Effects of different dietary fiber supplement strategies on incidence of acute gastrointestinal injury in ICU patients: A prospective observational study	7
Development of the nursing practice scale for end-of-life family conferences in critical care	7
Masseter muscle pressure injury: First report of a prone position complication in patients with COVID-19	7
Delirium in the ICU: Steps forward and the road ahead	7
How to communicate with family members of the critically ill in the intensive care unit: A scoping review	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
Experiences, opinions and expectations of health care providers towards an intensive care unit follow-up clinic: Qualitative study and online survey	7
Insights and recommendations for optimizing the ARDS prone ventilation model – Letter on Yan et al.	7
Flexible ICU visiting: Improving family outcomes while navigating implementation challenges	7
Stepwise implementation of prevention strategies and their impact on ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence: A 13-Year observational surveillance study	7
Effects of dietary fibre on enteral feeding intolerance and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: A meta-analysis	7
Obesity paradox of sepsis in long-term outcome: The differential effect of body composition	7
Editorial Board	7
Mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza for ICU personnel? No!	7
Complications of prone positioning in patients with COVID-19: A cross-sectional study	7
The effect of late-onset sepsis on mortality across different gestational ages in a neonatal intensive care unit: A historical study	7