{"title":"Best Practices in the Nursing Care of Patients With Injuries From Violence: An Integrative Review.","authors":"Johannah Hickey, Mackenzie White, Sarah Gantz","doi":"10.4037/ccn2024639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2024639","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The number of patients who have experienced violence is increasing worldwide. These patients have specific psychosocial and forensic needs and can present unique challenges to the health care workers caring for them.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify best practices for the care of patients with injuries from violence in the emergency department or inpatient setting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The framework for integrative reviews by Whittemore and Knafl was used to conduct a literature search in MEDLINE, CINAHL, and ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health databases. Fourteen qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies from peer-reviewed journals were included in the review.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Themes included identifying patients as survivors of intimate partner violence or child abuse, the need to collect forensic evidence, the need for emotional support of patients and their loved ones, support for health care workers caring for patients with injuries from violence, prevention of further violence, and the challenges of caring for patients with injuries from violence with concurrent substance use disorders. Best practices for these aspects of care are summarized on the basis of literature analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Screening procedures are needed to identify survivors of intimate partner violence and child abuse. Forensic evidence preservation policies should be in place. For survivors of sexual assault, a sexual assault nurse examiner should be available. Hospital systems should provide psychosocial resources for patients' and health care workers' mental health, implement violence reduction programs, and provide bias training. More research is needed to determine efficacy of care models and best practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":10738,"journal":{"name":"Critical care nurse","volume":"44 5","pages":"32-41"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strengthening the Psychological Health and Readiness of Military Critical Care Nurses for Disaster and Future Combat Environments.","authors":"Kathleen Flarity, Ian Stanley, Michael D April","doi":"10.4037/ccn2024168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2024168","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Critical care nursing is a highly dynamic and demanding field, and critical care nurses play a vital role in the US military health care system. Although many critical care nurses are resilient to myriad occupational exposures, for some nurses the job leads to adverse psychological effects, including compassion fatigue and burnout. This article describes the evidence used to develop a psychoeducation program designed to mitigate burnout among health care professionals, particularly critical care nurses. Implementation considerations (including those in the context of disaster response) and future battlefield are discussed. Ultimately, supporting the psychological health of the US military's critical care nurse force is vital to ensure their well-being, the readiness of our armed forces, and the security of our nation.</p>","PeriodicalId":10738,"journal":{"name":"Critical care nurse","volume":"44 5","pages":"53-57"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The John Sealy Hospital Fire Evacuation.","authors":"Rachel Wheeler-McAnally","doi":"10.4037/ccn2024469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2024469","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Advances in fire safety and building construction have made fires in modern health care facilities uncommon and easily contained. Therefore, emergent hospital evacuations resulting from an internal fire are rare. On January 4, 2017, a fire occurred at the John Sealy Hospital, part of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, resulting in emergent evacuation of the hospital building and an adjacent office and patient care building. The internal emergency response system was quickly activated, and more than 100 patients and 200 staff members were evacuated within 27 minutes with no fire- or smoke-related injuries. Obstacles encountered during the evacuation process included difficulties with communication and confirming patient count in a timely manner. This article describes the emergent hospital evacuation during the fire, summarizes the subsequent reflections of a multiagency after-action review, and issues a call to action for further research and publication on emergency patient evacuation.</p>","PeriodicalId":10738,"journal":{"name":"Critical care nurse","volume":"44 5","pages":"64-70"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dawn Carpenter, Alexander Menard, Johnny Isenberger, Gregg A Stevens, Lisa LaRock
{"title":"Acute and Critical Care Nurses' Roles in Mass Shootings: An Integrative Review.","authors":"Dawn Carpenter, Alexander Menard, Johnny Isenberger, Gregg A Stevens, Lisa LaRock","doi":"10.4037/ccn2024192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2024192","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>From 2018 to 2022, mass shooting incidents in the United States increased by 67.7%. Health care-associated shootings also increased. The role of acute and critical care nurses during shootings is not well defined in the literature.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify roles of acute and critical care nurses during mass shooting incidents and provide best-practice recommendations for shooting incidents within a hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The methods of Whittemore, Knafl, and Torraco informed this integrative review. Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Scopus databases were searched for publications related to acute and critical care nurses, mass shooting incidents, and hospital setting.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 13 589 articles retrieved, 27 were included; 63% were narrative reviews. The highest level of evidence was an expert consensus panel; next highest was a quasi-experimental study that simulated experiences to test mass casualty incident response. Third highest was a qualitative study that analyzed nurses' experiences during a mass casualty experience.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The evidence revealed 3 themes: prevention and preparedness, response to incident, and recovery phase. Education and training for acute and critical care nurses about mass shooting incidents are central to defining nurses' roles and best practices for these incidents. Nurses must know Stop the Bleed techniques and run-hide-fight protocols. Additionally, acute and critical care nurses need representation on hospital committees to develop and implement policies and procedures.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Hospitals are not immune to mass shooting incidents. Acute and critical care nurses require education including simulations and drills on mass shooting incidents to ensure safety of nurses and patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":10738,"journal":{"name":"Critical care nurse","volume":"44 5","pages":"20-31"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth A M Bhatta, Nathaniel J DeCarli, Julie R Duffy, Brandie McAdams
{"title":"Critical Care Nursing and Mass Casualty Response During Operation Allies Refuge.","authors":"Elizabeth A M Bhatta, Nathaniel J DeCarli, Julie R Duffy, Brandie McAdams","doi":"10.4037/ccn2024819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2024819","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Operation Allies Refuge started in July 2021 with implications for critical care nurses, both military and civilian, serving at the US Army's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany. Cultural and logistical concerns and complications were at the forefront of care provided to Afghan evacuees during the operation and were exacerbated by a mass casualty event on August 26, 2021, when a suicide bomber attacked the Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. This article discusses the issues that affected care, including language barriers, supply shortages, cultural differences, mass evacuation during a pandemic, and management of the mass casualty event by the critical care team. The information is compiled into a summary of lessons learned to assist in future management of emergency evacuee care within our military and civilian health care systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":10738,"journal":{"name":"Critical care nurse","volume":"44 5","pages":"42-47"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using a Military-Civilian Partnership to Enhance Clinical Readiness and Sustainment for Air Force Critical Care Nurses.","authors":"Jennifer L Armon, Yvette Lucca, Roman Aguon Salas","doi":"10.4037/ccn2024428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2024428","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Decreases in size, capability, clinical volumes, case mixes, and complex care opportunities in military treatment facilities contribute to the atrophy of clinical skills among medical professionals in these facilities.</p><p><strong>Local problem: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a 39% decline in admissions to a military critical care unit. The decrease in patient census contributed to skill sustainment challenges.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To identify methods to combat skill atrophy, the CINAHL and PubMed databases were searched using the terms peacetime effect, military-civilian partnership, and skill sustainment. Active-duty critical care nurses stationed at a military treatment facility implemented a military-civilian partnership with a civilian medical facility for clinical skill sustainment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One year after implementation, 39 critical care nurses had completed 511 shifts, gaining clinical experiences seldom achieved at the military facility. A survey of these nurses demonstrated that 8 of 17 (47%) gained experience treating patients requiring intra-aortic balloon pumps or continuous renal replacement therapy, 6 of 17 (36%) gained experience with patients requiring a ventricular assist device, 12 of 17 (71%) acquired hands-on experience with intracranial pressure monitoring, and 14 of 17 (82%) reported vasoactive intravenous infusion manipulation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This article highlights the importance of evaluating clinical practice within the military health system, developing military-civilian partnerships, and removing military-civilian partnership barriers for nurses and other health care professionals. Failure to implement military-civilian partnerships may adversely affect the clinical competency of the military nurse force.</p>","PeriodicalId":10738,"journal":{"name":"Critical care nurse","volume":"44 5","pages":"13-19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Rayan Syed, Muhammad Momin Khan, Maisam Ali Rajput
{"title":"Daily Toothbrushing Reduces Risk of Pneumonia.","authors":"Muhammad Rayan Syed, Muhammad Momin Khan, Maisam Ali Rajput","doi":"10.4037/ccn2024658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2024658","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10738,"journal":{"name":"Critical care nurse","volume":"44 5","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrections.","authors":"","doi":"10.4037/ccn2024115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2024115","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10738,"journal":{"name":"Critical care nurse","volume":"44 5","pages":"79"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gideon Agyenim-Boateng, Natalia Ridkodim, Elizabeth Leitch, Kati Hafer, Nina Ng, Richard Arbour
{"title":"International Burn Disaster Nursing: Care, Commitment, Compassion, and Cost.","authors":"Gideon Agyenim-Boateng, Natalia Ridkodim, Elizabeth Leitch, Kati Hafer, Nina Ng, Richard Arbour","doi":"10.4037/ccn2024991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2024991","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Burn mass casualty incidents can overwhelm local resources, challenging effective communication, triage, and provision of care. International responders can help by providing education and direct patient care.</p><p><strong>Local problem: </strong>On November 5, 2021, a fuel tanker truck exploded in Freetown, Sierra Leone, killing or injuring hundreds of people. The needs of the severely burned survivors overwhelmed local resources, requiring an international response. Burn specialist teams from several countries, including the United States, were deployed to provide assistance.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Members of the US burn care team educated local health care practitioners about wound care, physical therapy, and fluid and pain management. Educational content was delivered through lecture and discussion, case studies, clinical application, and bedside teaching. Demonstration of cultural competence and humility, as well as attentiveness to nuances of local communication, helped avoid ethnocentrism and other barriers to collaboration. Public congratulations and formal completion certificates were used to provide meaningful recognition of successful class participation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Before the lecture and discussion intervention, 57 students participating in a pretest assessment had an average score of 53.9% (high, 80%; low, 27.5%). After the intervention, 38 students participating in a posttest assessment had an average score of 79.3% (high, 95%; low, 55%), and local health care providers delivered care with more attention to patient comfort and shared new knowledge with colleagues.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Providing optimal burn care and education under austere conditions requires cultural humility and a spirit of inquiry. Attentiveness to communication and cultural nuances promotes collaboration, improves educational effectiveness, and builds local burn care capacity.</p>","PeriodicalId":10738,"journal":{"name":"Critical care nurse","volume":"44 5","pages":"58-63"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sean O'Hollearn, Randall Schaefer, Cassandra DuBose, Darin Smith, Carl Goforth
{"title":"Low-Titer O-Positive Whole Blood: Lessons From the Battlefield for Civilian Rural Hospitals.","authors":"Sean O'Hollearn, Randall Schaefer, Cassandra DuBose, Darin Smith, Carl Goforth","doi":"10.4037/ccn2024734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2024734","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Low-titer O-positive whole blood was used extensively by the military during operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Studies have consistently shown that this therapy is feasible, safe, and effective in the management of hemorrhagic shock in trauma patients, and it is now the standard of care across the US military Joint Trauma System. The military's success in using low-titer O-positive whole blood has renewed the practice in the civilian setting, with recent research confirming its safety and efficacy. In a few short years, use of this treatment for hemorrhagic shock has expanded to more than 80 US level I and level II trauma centers. However, its use is still relatively rare in the rural hospital setting. This article describes the benefits for patients, staff members, and the overall trauma system of using low-titer O-positive whole blood in rural hospitals.</p>","PeriodicalId":10738,"journal":{"name":"Critical care nurse","volume":"44 5","pages":"48-52"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}