Managing technology in the intensive care unit: the nurses’ experience

Alasad, Jafar

doi:10.1016/s0020-7489(01)00041-4

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“…Critical location of many of the technological devices in relation to the patients' body, frequency, and sensitivity of doing some procedures in critical care units, lack of knowledge regarding use of different technological tools or new devices which introduced currently to the ward, makes caring stressful for some of our study nurses. Participants in the study of Alasad [7] stated that technological caring is demanding and time consuming, because of physical activity and time the nurse needed to care for technology. In the study of Tunlind et al [23], participants stated that the presence of advanced technical tools and conducting invasive procedures which need more attention than caring for patient and unfamiliarity of nurses with the function of many of the technological devices, were the main source of creating stress for them.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A popular view in technological environments is that technical and mechanical aspects of work are considered real and more important than basic nursing care [7]. When one of the technological devices malfunctions, the nurse is ready to replace its' function quickly by hand, but in cases of patients' worries and emotional distresses the nurses are not ready to alleviate them by comforting touch or emotional support.…”

Section: Journal Of Intensive and Critical Carementioning

confidence: 99%

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Meaning of Caring from Critical Care Nurses Perspective: A Phenomenological Study

Bagherian¹,

Sabzevari²,

Mirzaei³

et al. 2017

J Intensive Crit Care

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Journal Of Intensive and Critical Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Meaning of Caring from Critical Care Nurses Perspective: A Phenomenological Study

Bagherian¹,

Sabzevari²,

Mirzaei³

et al. 2017

J Intensive Crit Care

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“…The overwhelming presence of technology in health care has a significant impact on patients, nurses and care (Locsin ). Technology has long since been an integral part of ICU as critically ill patients need specialized treatment and care involving support from technology ( Alasad , Wikström et al . ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…() survey of surgical nurses in Korea revealed that they perceived technology as distracting them from providing adequate patient care. There was also a suggestion, that technology may make care impersonal, dehumanised and fragmented (Alasad , Almerud et al . ).…”

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Patients' experiences of technology and care in adult intensive care

Stayt

Seers

Tutton

2015

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…respiratory system). This type of support is essentially done recurring to technology and to the care of intensivists (nurses and physicians) [9].…”

Section: Intensive Care Unitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Critical Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Portela

Santos

Machado

et al. 2016

New Advances in Information Systems and Technologies

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Abstract. Mechanical Ventilation is an artificial way to help a Patient to breathe. This procedure is used to support patients with respiratory diseases however in many cases it can provoke lung damages, Acute Respiratory Diseases or organ failure. With the goal to early detect possible patient breath problems a set of limit values was defined to some variables monitored by the ventilator (Average Ventilation Pressure, Compliance Dynamic, Flow, Peak, Plateau and Support Pressure, Positive end-expiratory pressure, Respiratory Rate) in order to create critical events. A critical event is verified when a patient has a value higher or lower than the normal range defined for a certain period of time. The values were defined after elaborate a literature review and meeting with physicians specialized in the area. This work uses data streaming and intelligent agents to process the values collected in real-time and classify them as critical or not. Real data provided by an Intensive Care Unit were used to design and test the solution. In this study it was possible to understand the importance of introduce critical events for Mechanically Ventilated Patients. In some cases a value is considered critical (can trigger an alarm) however it is a single event (instantaneous) and it has not a clinical significance for the patient. The introduction of critical events which crosses a range of values and a predefined duration contributes to improve the decision-making process by decreasing the number of false positives and having a better comprehension of the patient condition.

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Managing technology in the intensive care unit: the nurses’ experience

Cited by 52 publications

References 12 publications

Meaning of Caring from Critical Care Nurses Perspective: A Phenomenological Study

Meaning of Caring from Critical Care Nurses Perspective: A Phenomenological Study

Patients' experiences of technology and care in adult intensive care

Critical Events in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

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