Pediatric and neonatal extracorporeal life support technology component utilization: are US clinicians implementing new technology?

The objective of this investigation is to describe recent changes made in extracorporeal life support (ECLS) technology in the US Postal survey to directors and coordinators of all 125 US ECLS centers identified by Extracorporeal Life Support Organization as of November 2010, with follow-up of nonrespondents. Spearman coefficients were used to correlate the method of updating knowledge of ECLS technology with the likelihood of changing technology, and to correlate decision-making hierarchy with the likelihood of changing equipment. The response rate was 75% representing 34 states, and the majority of respondents were ECLS coordinators (56.

Targeted crisis resource management training improves performance among randomized nursing and medical students.

Introduction: In this study designed with adequate statistical power to detect relevant training effects, investigators evaluated Crisis Resource Management (CRM) training during a simulated patient crisis. This study is guided by the Team Effectiveness Conceptual Model by Kozlowski and Ilgen.

Methods: An experimental pretest/posttest design was used.

Preterm infants' sympathetic arousal and associated behavioral responses to sound stimuli in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Purpose: To evaluate the utility of skin conductance (SC) as a measure of autonomic arousal to sound stimuli in preterm infants.

Design: A pilot cross-sectional, correlations study.

Subjects: Eleven preterm infants with a mean gestational age of 31.

Methods to improve reliability of video-recorded behavioral data.

Behavioral observation is a fundamental component of nursing practice and a primary source of clinical research data. The use of video technology in behavioral research offers important advantages to nurse scientists in assessing complex behaviors and relationships between behaviors. The appeal of using this method should be balanced, however, by an informed approach to reliability issues.

Creating cross-disciplinary research alliances to advance nursing science.

Purpose: To demonstrate the utility of a developmental approach to building and sustaining cross-disciplinary research alliances.

Organizing Construct: Cross-disciplinary collaborations offer great promise for advancing an evolving program of research. Funding agencies' commitment to interdisciplinary work further heightens these collaborations.