Objectives: There is growing recognition that high-quality care for patients and families in the
ICU requires exemplary interprofessional collaboration and communication. One important …

Background There is currently no international recommendation for the admission or
treatment of the critically ill older patients over 80 years of age in the intensive care unit …

Background: Moral distress occurs when constraints prevent healthcare providers from
acting in accordance with their core moral values to provide good patient care. The …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has created ethical challenges for intensive care unit
(ICU) professionals, potentially causing moral distress. This study explored the levels and …

Background Commentators believe that the ethical decision-making climate is instrumental
in enhancing interprofessional collaboration in intensive care units (ICUs). Our aim was …

The pace of technological advancements in the intensive care unit (ICU) challenges
clinicians' ability to manage ethical and decision-making challenges near the end of life …

Background Disasters are chaotic events with healthcare needs that overwhelm available
capacities. Disaster healthcare responders must make difficult and swift choices, eg …

Purpose Apart from organizational issues, quality of inter-professional collaboration during
ethical decision-making may affect the intention to leave one's job. To determine whether …

The theory of nurse-promoted engagement with families in the intensive care unit (ICU) was
developed to describe the dynamic and complex interplay between factors that support or …

The intensive care unit (ICU) is a complex environment where patients, family members and
healthcare professionals have their own personal experiences. Improving ICU experiences …