Publications by authors named "Chaya Broyer"
Objectives: To describe intensive care unit mobility clinical practice behaviors and the factors associated with these behaviors that could explain the theory-practice gap.
Methodology: A multi-center, descriptive, retrospective, one-day point prevalence study.
Setting: intensive care patients hospitalized for a minimum of 24 hours, in 20 Israeli Adult Intensive Care Units, from six medical centers.
Background: By July 2020, the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization had documented more than 133 000 extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) implementations, with more than 61 000 implementations in adult patients. No clear policies regarding the authority and responsibility of nursing staff in the treatment of ECMO-supported patients are currently available.
Objective: To formulate evidence-based recommendations for nursing care of ECMO-supported patients.
Background: Following a fatal intensive care unit (ICU) outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii (CRAB) in 2015, an aggressive infection control intervention was instituted. We outline the intervention and long-term changes in the incidence and prevalence of CRAB.
Methods: The infection control intervention included unit closure (3 days), environmental cleaning, hand hygiene interventions, and environmental culturing.
Background: Shared mental models are crucial for constructing mutual understanding of the patient's condition during a clinical handover. Yet, scant research, if any, has empirically explored mental models of the parties involved in a clinical handover.
Objectives: This study aimed to examine the similarities among mental models of incoming and outgoing nurses, and to test their accuracy by comparing them with mental models of expert nurses.