“…They found that the top priorities included patient issues related to neurological care, pain/sedation/comfort, best practice at the end of life, and ventilation strategies, as well as two priorities related to professional issues about nurses' stress/burnout and professional development needs. In a Delphi study undertaken with nurses from the Hong Kong Critical Care Nursing Association in 2003, priorities were mostly related to patient and family issues such as the use of therapeutic touch to relieve pain and anxiety, reducing fatigue in weaning, reducing family stress, and family participation in patient care (17). The top research priorities as identified in our study are related to end-of-life practices, pain management, nursing education and competencies, reducing healthcare-associated infections, staffing levels, and improving evidence-based nursing practice.…”