Ensuring patient safety has always been important for critical care teams. Since team and
leadership skills are increasingly recognised as important for the patient's safety, a body of …

Background: Many models of patient-physician relationships have been described since a
paternalistic model was postulated in the early 1950s. Among them are the informative …

OBJECTIVES:(1) To describe the levels of implicit rationing of nursing care in Swiss acute
care hospitals;(2) to explore the associations between nine selected potential rationing …

This chapter promotes alignment of worldview, theoretical frameworks and research
approaches in relation to constructivism and its philosophical underpinnings. It presents an …

INTRODUCTION: The work activities of an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurse is frequently
dynamic and variable. The activities are not necessarily linear actions that occur in a …

Responsible use of antimicrobials by veterinarians is essential to contain antimicrobial
resistance in pathogens relevant to public health. Inappropriate antimicrobial use has been …

Aim. To explore how protocol‐based care affects clinical decision‐making. Background. In
the context of evidence‐based practice, protocol‐based care is a mechanism for facilitating …

Background Organizational context plays a central role in shaping the use of research by
healthcare professionals. The largest group of professionals employed in healthcare …

Objectives To describe intensive care nurses' perceptions of simulation-based team training
for building patient safety in intensive care. Background Failures in team processes are …

Introduction Despite the current movement for health‐care to become more informed by
evidence, knowledge on effective implementation of evidence‐based practice is scarce. To …