The study aims to identify the advantages that the nursing students
derive from exposure in the ICU.
To distinguish the significance of early exposure in special areas (ICU) of
nursing students than those who were exposed later within the same year
To determine different nursing skills learned from the area.
To emphasize effectivity of time-management of nursing students in the
area (ICU)
To recognize specific attitudes possessed by each students in their ICU
experience.
Title Proposal:
Contribution of Nurses in Improving the Prognosis of Critically ill Patient
Objectives:
The proverbial discussion surrounding the clinical credibility of nurse lecturers has almost become a
preoccupation within the nursing literature and professional circles. It is not coincidental that it this has
occurred alongside the cessation of hospital-based training and the associated reassignment of the
responsibility for nurse education to institutes of higher education.
(http://www.nurseeducationtoday.com/article/S0260-6917(10)00002-X)
In 1989, Hermann Hospital and University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center School of
Nursing applied for and received approval to implement a 5-year demonstration project funded by
the Health Care Finance Administration using Medicaid pass-through funds to educate nurses at
the graduate level. The project aimed to evaluate the impact of advanced practice nurses and
researchers on the practice of professional nursing at a 655-bed acute-care hospital in a large
metropolitan area. The authors describe the factors that served to galvanize the two institutions to
apply for such a grant, discuss the barriers encountered along the course of the project, and list
the outcomes achieved by 1994 or project end. Predictions regarding the second 5-year segment
(phase 2) are summarized as well. The article includes suggestions to other institutions interested
in replicating such a project. (http://journals.lww.com/jonajournal)
At least 1 in 5 Americans die while using intensive care service—a number that is expected to increase as
society ages. Many of these deaths involve withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining therapies. In these
situations, the role of intensive care nurses shifts from providing aggressive care to end-of-life care. While
hospice and palliative care nurses typically receive specialized support to cope with death and dying,
intensive care nurses usually do not receive this support. Understanding the experiences of intensive care
nurses in providing care at the end of life is an important first step to improving terminal care in the
intensive care unit (ICU). This phenomenological research study explores the experiences of intensive
care nurses who provide terminal care in the ICU. The sample consisted of 18 registered nurses
delivering terminal care in an ICU that participated in individual interviews and focus groups. Colaizzi's
steps for data analysis were used to identify themes within the context of nursing. Three major themes
consisted of (1) barriers to optimal care, (2) internal conflict, and (3) coping. Providing terminal care
creates significant personal and professional struggles among ICU nurses.
http://journals.lww.com/ccnq/Abstract/2010/07000/ICU_Nurses__Experiences_in_Providing_Terminal_
Care.10.aspx