Publications by authors named "Heather Meissen"

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Reviewer Academy seeks to train and establish a community of trusted, reliable, and skilled peer reviewers with diverse backgrounds and interests to promote high-quality reviews for each of the SCCM journals. Goals of the Academy include building accessible resources to highlight qualities of excellent manuscript reviews; educating and mentoring a diverse group of healthcare professionals; and establishing and upholding standards for insightful and informative reviews. This manuscript will map the mission of the Reviewer Academy with a succinct summary of the importance of peer review, process of reviewing a manuscript, and the expected ethical standards of reviewers.

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While technological innovations are the invariable crux of speculation about the future of critical care, they cannot replace the clinician at the bedside. This article summarizes the work of the Society of Critical Care Medicine-appointed multiprofessional task for the Future of Critical Care. The Task Force notes that critical care practice will be transformed by novel technologies, integration of artificial intelligence decision support algorithms, and advances in seamless data operationalization across diverse healthcare systems and geographic regions and within federated datasets.

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Objectives: To determine the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on burnout syndrome in the multiprofessional ICU team and to identify factors associated with burnout syndrome.

Design: Longitudinal, cross-sectional survey.

Setting: All adult ICUs within an academic health system.

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Postgraduate training, otherwise termed residency or fellowship training, for nurse practitioners is a growing trend. Many new graduates are seeking intensive and immersive clinical experiences supported by evidence-based didactic learning directly related to their clinical experience. This article describes current trends and evidence supporting fellowship training.

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Understanding how to assess, secure, and manage an airway can save a patient's life in an emergent situation. This article briefly describes the basics of airway management in the acute care setting.

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