National Nurse Work Environments - October 2021: A Status Report.

Background: The health of nurse work environments has been shown to affect both patient and nurse outcomes. In 2005, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses published the AACN Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments: A Journey to Excellence, and a second edition was published in 2016. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses conducted critical care nurse work environment studies in 2006, 2008, 2013, 2018, and, most recently, October 2021, which was expanded to include registered nurses in all areas of practice.

Critical Care Nurse Work Environments 2018: Findings and Implications.

Background: The health of critical care nurse work environments affects patient and nurse outcomes. The results of the 2018 Critical Care Nurse Work Environment Study are reported here with comparisons to previous studies and recommendations for continued improvement.

Objective: To evaluate the current state of critical care nurse work environments.

Assessing the Impact of Telemedicine on Nursing Care in Intensive Care Units.

Background: Information on the impact of tele-intensive care on nursing and priority areas of nursing care is limited.

Objectives: To conduct a national benchmarking survey of nurses working in intensive care telemedicine facilities in the United States.

Methods: In a 2-phased study, an online survey was used to assess nurses' perceptions of intensive care telemedicine, and a modified 2-round Delphi study was used to identify priority areas of nursing.

Telenursing in the intensive care unit: transforming nursing practice.

In tele-intensive care units, informatics, telecommunication technology, telenursing, and telemedicine are merged to provide expert, evidence-based, and cutting-edge services to critically ill patients. Telenursing is an emerging subspecialty in critical care that is neither well documented in the extant literature nor well understood within the profession. Documentation and quantification of telenursing interventions help to clarify the impact of the telenurse's role on nursing practice, enhancement of patient care, patient safety, and outcomes.

Professional accountability in the tele-ICU: the CCRN-E.

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is the world's largest specialty nursing organization. The AACN Certification Corporation provides credentialing to validate nursing practice in acute and critical care. The advent of tele-ICU nursing added a challenge to the application of certification in a new specialty area.

Toward a healthy work environment.

Patient safety and the quality of patient care have become important topics in U.S. hospitals in recent years.