The incomplete infrastructure for interhospital patient transfer

TJ Iwashyna - Critical care medicine, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Interhospital transfer of critically ill patients is a common part of their care. This
article sought to review the data on the current patterns of use of interhospital transfer and …

A qualitative meta‐synthesis of patients' experiences of intra‐and inter‐hospital transitions

L Uhrenfeldt, H Aagaard, EOC Hall… - Journal of advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To aggregate, interpret and synthesize findings from qualitative studies of patients'
experiences on being transferred/in transition from one hospital to another or from one ward …

Struggle with a gap between intensive care units and general wards

M Häggström, K Asplund… - International journal of …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Nursing critically ill patients includes planning and performing safe discharges from
Intensive Care Units (ICU) to the general wards. The aim of this study was to obtain a deeper …

Depression, anxiety, and moods of hospitalized patients under contact precautions

HR Day, EN Perencevich, AD Harris… - Infection Control & …, 2013 - cambridge.org
Objective. To determine the association between contact precautions and depression or
anxiety as well as feelings of anger, sadness, worry, happiness, or confusion. Design …

Being transferred from an intensive care unit to a ward: searching for the known in the unknown

A Forsberg, E Lindgren… - International journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Forsberg A, Lindgren E, Engström Å. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2011; 17: 110–
116 Being transferred from an intensive care unit to a ward: Searching for the known in the …

Patients' transition in the intensive care units: concept analysis

SM Ludin, P Arbon, S Parker - Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Adequate preparation of critically ill patients throughout their transition
experience within and following discharge from the Intensive Care Unit is an important …

Mutual relationship between anxiety and pain in the intensive care unit and its effect on medications

J Oh, JH Sohn, CS Shin, SH Na, HJ Yoon, JJ Kim… - Journal of critical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose Little is known about the relationship between anxiety and pain in intensive care
unit (ICU) patients despite its importance. The aims of the present study are to examine the …

Patient transfers in Australia: implications for nursing workload and patient outcomes

N Blay, CM Duffield, R Gallagher - Journal of nursing …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
blay n., duffield cm & gallagher r.(2012) Journal of Nursing Management 20, 302–310
Patient transfers in Australia: implications for nursing workload and patient outcomes Aim To …

Ward visits-one essential step in intensive care follow-up. An interview study with critical care nurses' and ward nurses'

M Häggström, C Fjellner, M Öhman… - Intensive and Critical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective: The aim of this study was to describe critical care nurses' and ward nurses'
perceptions of the benefits and challenges with a nurse-led follow-up service for intensive …

Hypothesis testing

SMC Pereira, G Leslie - Australian Critical Care, 2009 - Elsevier
This article presents a statistical approach called hypothesis testing. This is based upon
information collected from a random sample following which results are generalised for the …