Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Papers
(The TQCC of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Effectiveness of specialised support surface modes in preventing pressure injuries in intensive care: A systematic review and meta-analysis167
Tools used to assess comfort among patients undergoing high flow nasal cannula: A scoping review157
The choice of the interface for noninvasive ventilation: Will the answer come from meta-analyses?112
Corrigendum to “Targeting zero medication administration errors in pediatric intensive care unit: A quality improvement project” [Intensive & Crit. Care Nurs. (2024) 81, 103595]68
End-of-life care in critical care is about more than just education − Response to Bloomer et al.65
Comparing povidone-iodine vs. chlorhexidine based external ventricular drain dressings: A nurse driven study55
Pressure ulcer risk assessment in the ICU. Is it time for a more objective measure?43
Outcomes associated with ventilator-associated events (VAE), respiratory infections (VARI), pneumonia (VAP) and tracheobronchitis (VAT) in ventilated pediatric ICU patients: A multicentre prospective 42
Factors associated with 30-day in-hospital mortality in critically ill adult patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - Letter on Lee et al.41
Factors associated with bereaved family surrogates’ satisfaction with end-of-life care in intensive care units38
The Psychological and HRQoL related Aftermaths of Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation Treatment: A Cross‐Sectional Study38
Surviving an intensive care unit stay – Do we know if intensive care unit survivors go back to life?37
Evaluating the effectiveness of a clinical decision support system (AI-Antidelirium) to improve Nurses’ adherence to delirium guidelines in the intensive care unit36
Determinants of digital ICU diary implementation and use by ICU professionals: A cross-sectional survey analysis35
A quality improvement program to reduce surgical site infections after cardiac surgery: A 10-year cohort study34
Survival rates with favorable neurological outcomes after in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective cohort study32
Should we still use chlorhexidine oral care? No!29
The utilization of a prone position model based on big data is deemed essential – Response to Liang et al.29
Identifying ICU survivors and relatives with post-traumatic stress disorder using text mining: An explorative study26
Inclusive leadership, self-efficacy, organization-based self-esteem, and intensive care nurses’ job performance: A cross-sectional study using structural equation modeling26
Predicting non-response outcomes in prone-positioning for ARDS − Letter on Yan et al.25
Current insights on awake prone positioning in the ICU25
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.25
Patient and family member experience of hospital readmission following critical illness25
“Should we still use chlorhexidine oral care? Yes!”24
Factors associated with 30-day in-hospital mortality in critically ill adult patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A retrospective cohort study23
Time to combine: Integrating physical therapy and nutrition22
Nomogram model on estimating the risk of pressure injuries for hospitalized patients in the intensive care unit22
How the COVID-19 pandemic has reaffirmed the priorities for end-of-life care in critical care: Looking to the future22
Strategies for a safe interhospital transfer with an intubated patient or where readiness for intubation is needed: A critical incidents study22
Critical care nurses' critical thinking and decision making related to pain management22
We need to better recognise and value the contribution of nurses to end-of-life care21
Quantifying oxygen supply and demand during the COVID-19 pandemic: An integrated health system perspective21
Editorial Board20
Building critical care nursing research capacity20
Effect of different noninvasive ventilation interfaces on the prevention of facial pressure injury: A network meta-analysis20
Why do we fail complying with hand hygiene recommendations in COVID-19 wards?20
Practical strategies for promoting healthy sleep in intensive care units19
Creating awareness of the heterogeneity of the intensive care unit population and its impact on generalizability of results and transportability of models19
Medically assisted dying in critical care: Proceed with caution19
Wellbeing of ICU patients with COVID-1918
Early communication training before intensive care unit admission18
In-hospital COVID-19 outbreak investigation: A practical approach to root cause analysis18
Response to letter18
An outbreak of restrictive intensive care unit visiting policies18
Editorial Board18
Association of the quantitative oral health status of patients with COVID-19 with their organ status and immunity: A single-centre observational study18
The patient and their family’s perspectives on agitation and its management in adult critical care: A qualitative study18
The first step to embrace patient participation in the intensive care unit is to drop the paternalistic thinking17
First and final farewells, disrupted family connections and loss: A collective case study exploring the impact of COVID-19 visitor restrictions in critical care17
Returning to work and health status at 12 months among patients with COVID-19 cared for in intensive care—A prospective, longitudinal study17
The clinical effectiveness of the corrected nose-earlobe-xiphoid distance formula in determining the internal length of a nasogastric tube in adults: A retrospective study17
Response from Authors17
The necessary change of direction for the nursing profession – Letter on Petrosino et al.17
The characteristics and factors associated with omitted nursing care in the intensive care unit: A cross-sectional study16
Cardiovascular nurses' experiences of working in the COVID-19 intensive care unit: A qualitative study16
Diaries for dying patients: An outlet for staff members' grief or a powerful way to humanize the intensive care unit?16
How and when post intensive care syndrome-family is measured: A scoping review16
Essential steps towards an environmentally sustainable intensive care unit16
Nurses’ experiences of managing cognitive problems in intensive care unit patients: A qualitative study16
International survey of intensive care clinicians: Would you like to be sedated in case of a critical care admission?16
Critical care nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward pressure injury prevention: A pre and post intervention study15
Measuring moral distress in Swedish intensive care: Psychometric and descriptive results15
Early mobilisation of critically ill patients: How soon is soon enough?15
Optimizing processes of care and time to diagnosis in acute aortic dissection patients in a chest pain center by implementing a multidisciplinary cooperative first aid mode – A quality improvement rep15
Educational interventions and promotion of changes in the practices of prevention and monitoring of delirium in critical patient15
Effect of an educational intervention on compliance with care bundle items to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia15
Nurse led protocols for control of glycaemia in critically ill patients: A systematic review15
Voice use of nurses working in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic15
Aloud real- time reading of intensive care unit diaries: A feasibility study14
Competence in caring for patients with respiratory insufficiency: A cross-sectional study14
Sepsis protocols to reduce mortality in resource-restricted settings: A systematic review14
Symptom experiences of critically-ill hematologic malignancy patients: A scoping review14
Can artificial intelligence and machine learning help us treat sepsis?14
Ways of understanding cognitive impairment in cardiac arrest survivors: A phenomenographic study13
Psychometric properties of the Braden scale to assess pressure injury risk in intensive care: A systematic review13
Nursing workload on the day of discharge from the intensive care unit is associated with readmission13
Practice and confidence in electrocardiogram interpretation among ICU nurses: A cross-sectional study13
The effect of nature-based music intervention on adaptation and anxiety levels in patients with COVID-19 placed in the prone position: A randomized controlled trial13
Taste in ICU: An unmet need13
Evaluation of intermittent antimicrobial infusion documentation practices in intensive care units: A cross-sectional study13
Association of norepinephrine with pressure ulcer development in critically ill patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome: A dose–response analysis13
The core of patient-participation in the Intensive Care Unit: The patient’s views13
Critical care nurses’ experiences of working during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic – Applying the Person-centred Practice Framework12
Benefits and harms of normal saline instillation before endotracheal suctioning in mechanically ventilated adult patients in intensive care units: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis12
Perioperative interventions for the prevention of surgical wound infection in adult patients undergoing left ventricular assist devices implantation: A scoping review12
Risk factors, diagnostic methods and treatment of infection in adult patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: A scoping review12
Nursing as a career choice: Growth or decline?12
The early impact of COVID-19 on intensive care nurses’ personal and professional well-being: A qualitative study12
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE): The storm is coming12
Current approach to fever of unknown origin in the intensive care unit12
Registered nurses’ experiences of caring for patients with hypoactive delirium after cardiac surgery − A qualitative study12
Using experience-based co-design to prioritise areas for improvement for patients recovering from critical illness12
Helmet CPAP bundle: A narrative review of practical aspects and nursing interventions to improve patient’s comfort12
Perspectives for capillary refill time in clinical practice for sepsis12
Non-medical prescribing in critical care12
Central venous catheter access and procedure compliance: A qualitative interview study exploring intensive care nurses’ experiences12
A guide to the guidelines: Closing the gap from practice guidelines to quality of care improvement in ventilator-associated pneumonia11
Nursing during ECMO: Learning from the past, thinking about the future11
Scandinavian healthcare professionals’ perceptions of rehabilitation practices in the intensive care unit. A cross-sectional survey11
Focusing on the optimal strategy to reduce pressure injuries: An example of IDEAL SKIIN CARES11
Designing devices to communicate effectively with intensive care nurses to prevent pressure injuries: A qualitative study11
Music-based interventions and theoretical mechanisms in post-ICU survivors: A critical narrative synthesis11
Simulated haemodynamic parameters and different infusion set-up affect drug delivery during syringe pump change over: A bench-top study in a laboratory setting11
Editorial Board11
Prediction models for acute kidney injury following liver transplantation: A systematic review and critical appraisal11
Using electronic health records to classify risk for adverse safety events with ICU patient Mobility: A Cross-Sectional study11
The relationship between arterial partial pressure of oxygen and pressure injuries in intensive care unit patients: A multi-center cross-sectional study11
Development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across Europe: A modified e-Delphi study10
Dynamic delirium – Nursing intervention to reduce delirium in patients critically Ill, a randomized control trial10
A systematic review on voiceless patients’ willingness to adopt high-technology augmentative and alternative communication in intensive care units10
Corrigendum to “A survey of critical care nurses’ practices and perceptions surrounding early intravenous antibiotic initiation during septic shock” [Intensive Crit. Care Nurs. 41 (2017) 90–97]10
Effect of Patient and Family Centred Care interventions for adult intensive care unit patients and their families: A systematic review and meta-analysis10
Safety of blind versus guided feeding tube placement: Misplacement and pneumothorax risk10
Performance and validation of two ICU delirium assessment and severity tools; a prospective observational study10
Sleep in the intensive and intermediate care units: Exploring related factors of delirium, benzodiazepine use and mortality10
Call to research in ventilator weaning and extubation in neurocritical care10
Reality shock in newly graduated critical care nurses and its association with missed nursing care: The mediating role of caring ability10
Treatment futility: Continuation or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in intensive care units10
A respiratory critical care nurse training program for settings without a registered respiratory therapists: A protocol for a multimethod study10
Effectiveness of aromatherapy on anxiety and sleep quality among adult patients admitted into intensive care units: A systematic review9
Exploring body morphology, sacral skin microclimate and pressure injury development and risk among patients admitted to an intensive care unit: A prospective, observational study9
Evaluation of pain severity in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation9
Beyond the ICU: Long-term psychological effect of patient restraints9
Do we still need central venous pressure monitoring in the ICU? Yes!9
Communication strategies for expressing empathy during family-clinician conversations in the intensive care unit: A mixed methods study9
Exploration of pressure injury risk in adult inpatients: An integrated Braden scale and rough set approach9
Comparative risks and clinical outcomes of midazolam versus other intravenous sedatives in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials9
Early mobilisation for prevention and treatment of delirium in critically ill patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis9
How do intensive care clinicians ensure culturally sensitive care for family members at the end of life? A retrospective descriptive study9
Factors that may threaten or protect the wellbeing of staff working in paediatric intensive care environments9
Navigating the shadows of the post-ICU survival journey8
‘Family’-centred care in NICU and PICU – A focus on fathers, siblings, and extended family members. – Letter on Stefana et al.8
Understanding the use of sedation boluses in the intensive care unit: A mixed methods study8
The lived experiences of critical care nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative systematic review8
Quality appraisal of guidelines on physical restraints in intensive care units: A systematic review8
Editorial Board8
The obesity paradox in sepsis: An ongoing debate8
Navigating between the familiar and the unfamiliar: A qualitative study exploring critical care nurses’ clinical practice during early rehabilitation in the ICU8
Caring for victims of child abuse in the pediatric intensive care unit8
Medically assisted dying in critical care: An international groundswell that we shouldn’t ignore8
Main determinants of mortality in patients with severe infection or sepsis8
Getting to grips with early rehabilitation for the body AND mind – Response to Barghouthy et al.8
Multi-stakeholder perspectives into the experiences of siblings when a child is critically ill: A qualitative systematic review8
Sustainability in ICU: Less plastic, greener future – Response to Lucchini et al.8
The role of inclusive leadership in optimizing patient-centered care among ICU nurses8
Intra-hospital transfer anxiety of patients in the neurosurgery intensive care unit: A prospective cohort study8
Exploring patients’ and relatives’ needs and perceptions regarding family participation in essential care in the intensive care unit: A qualitative study8
Assessment of pressure injury risk in intensive care using the COMHON index: An interrater reliability study8
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 cont8
Intention to use physical restraint in paediatric intensive care units and correlated variables: A multicentre and cross-sectional study7
Prolonged use of intravenous administration sets on central line associated bloodstream infection, nursing workload and material use: A before-after study7
The added value of physiotherapists in preventing pressure injuries in intensive care patients7
Predictors of compassion satisfaction among healthcare professionals working in intensive care units: A cross-sectional study7
COVID-19 and patient safety in intensive care: What can we learn?7
Feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing a medical device-related pressure injury algorithm for critically ill patients using non-invasive ventilation7
Implementation of infection prevention in intensive and critical care: What an infection control link nurse can contribute7
Sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) and electronic health record data, a mechanism for gender-affirming care and evidence-based practice for sexual and gender minority healthcare – Response 7
Older age, delirium, dementia, frailty, and critical care: Care priorities7
Editorial Board7
Editorial Board7
In critically ill patients ‘time is muscle’, isn’t it?7
Considering bias in a model to predict pressure injuries in ICU patients - Letter to Han et al.7
Critical care nurses’ experiences of caring for patients with iatrogenic opioid withdrawal in the intensive care unit: A qualitative study7
Skin lesions in infant compared to adult ICU patients: Is it any different?7
Person-centred care among intensive care unit nurses: A cross-sectional study7
Research topics on pressure injury prevention and measurement tools from 1997 to 2023: A bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer7
The comparison of the Nursing Activities Score and TrendCare to accurately measure critical care nursing workload: A prospective observational design7
Editorial Board6
Nurse perceptions of a nurse family liaison implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative thematic analysis6
Editorial Board6
Critical care outreach and rapid response teams: Are they the panacea to all hospital patient deterioration problems?6
Older patients’ recovery following intensive care: A follow-up study with the RAIN questionnaire6
Influence of personalised music and ice-tea options on post-operative well-being in the post anaesthesia care unit after general or regional anaesthesia. A pre-post-analysis by means of a questionnair6
Clinical decision-making in the intensive care unit: A concept analysis6
Removing modifications to the New Zealand Early Warning Score- does ethnicity matter? A multimethod research design6
Early mobilisation within 72 hours after admission of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit: A systematic review with network meta-analysis6
The effectiveness of educational interventions on trauma intensive care unit nurses’ competence: A systematic review and meta-analysis6
The predictive value of the modified early warning score for admission to the intensive care unit in patients with a hematologic malignancy – A multicenter observational study6
Tube placement using ‘IRIS’: A pilot assessment of its utility and safety6
Optimising COVID-19 survivorship after ICU – Don’t forget eye care6
Shifting focus: A grounded theory of how family members to critically ill patients manage their situation6
The dark side of the CPAP helmet: Why we need more monitoring systems? How to bridge the evidence deficit6
Healthcare professional views on barriers to implementation of evidence-based practice in prevention of ventilator-associated events: A qualitative descriptive study6
Monitoring Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit Practices, perceptions and attitudes of critical care nurses and physicians. A French National Survey6
Sleep documentation by intensive care unit clinicians: Prevalence, predictors and agreement with sleep quality and duration6
Flow generators for helmet CPAP: Which to prefer? A bench study6
A multidisciplinary safety briefing for acutely ill and deteriorating patients: A quality improvement project6
The effects of a program-improved emergency system on the interventions times of a mobile ECMO team6
Web-based survey of the importance and effectiveness of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic6
Development and validation of a laboratory risk score for the early prediction of COVID-19 severity and in-hospital mortality6
Editorial Board6
Editorial Board6
Long-term effectiveness evaluation of an action-research intervention to improve hand hygiene in an intensive care unit6
Improving patient care transitions from the intensive care unit to the ward by learning from everyday practice. A multicenter qualitative study6
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