Resuscitation - Nursing
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Using research to determine support for a policy on family presence during resuscitation.

30 Aug 2009 National guidelines and professional organizations have recommended allowing family presence during resuscitation and bedside invasive procedures. Studies found that only 5% of critical care units have written policies. Periodic requests by family ... Read more...

The Golden Hour: care of the LBW infant during the first hour of life one unit's experience.

29 Jun 2009 Care practices during the first hour of life, the Golden Hour, can have a significant impact on outcomes of low birth weight infants. Although the latest edition of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program added guidelines for preterm infants, additional ... Read more...

Support for parents witnessing resuscitation: nurse perspectives.

29 Jun 2009 AIM: The Royal College of Nursing recommends that appropriately trained healthcare professionals should support relatives who express a wish to witness resuscitation. The aim of this research was to identify the knowledge and experience of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Resuscitation - Nursing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Using research to determine support for a policy on family presence during resuscitation. 30 Aug 2009
• The Golden Hour: care of the LBW infant during the first hour of life one unit's experience. 29 Jun 2009
• Support for parents witnessing resuscitation: nurse perspectives. 29 Jun 2009
• Resuscitation: a question of choice. 29 Jun 2009
• Leading successful rapid response teams: A multisite implementation evaluation. 30 Mar 2009
• Gently caring: supporting the first few critical hours of life for the extremely low birth weight infant. 27 Feb 2009
• [Management of patients with Prinzmetal angina: rapid and effective management is critical] 27 Feb 2009
• A 12 month retrospective study of airway management practices. 8 Jan 2009
• Using the human patient simulator to foster critical thinking in critical situations. 30 Dec 2008
• A collaborative exercise between graduate and undergraduate nursing students using a computer-assisted simulator in a mock cardiac arrest. 30 Dec 2008
• [Finding coherence in difficult professional encounters] 30 Dec 2008
• Growing new graduates. 30 Dec 2008
• Should families be present during resuscitation? 29 Nov 2008
• Family presence during resuscitation. 29 Nov 2008
• Update on the management of infection in patients with severe sepsis. 30 Oct 2008
• Fluid resuscitation in the trauma patient. 29 Jun 2008
• How do you feel about family presence? 29 Jun 2008
• Traumatic brain injury: an integrated clinical case presentation and literature review. Part I: assessment and initial management. 31 Mar 2008
• Open pneumothorax resulting from blunt thoracic trauma: a case report. 30 Mar 2008
• Exploring the concept of "resuscitability" in an adult trauma population. 30 Mar 2008

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Technical information about 'Resuscitation'

Definition: The restoration to life or consciousness of one apparently dead. (Dorland, 27th ed)

Descriptor UI: D012151

Alternative terms: Resuscitation; Resuscitations;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; education;

Tree Number: E02.365.647;

Technical Notes: do not use /util except by MeSH definition; RESUSCITATION is correct translation for French "réanimation"