A descriptive study of the multidisciplinary healthcare experiences of inpatient resuscitation events.

Background: In-hospital resuscitation events have complex and enduring effects on clinicians, with implications for job satisfaction, performance, and burnout. Ethically ambiguous cases are associated with increased moral distress. We aim to quantitatively describe the multidisciplinary resuscitation experience.

Effects of Spiritual Care on Well-Being of Intensive Care Family Surrogates: A Clinical Trial.

Context: Critical illness of a family member is associated with high emotional and spiritual distress and difficult medical decisions.

Objectives: To determine if a semistructured spiritual care intervention improves the well-being of family surrogate decision makers in intensive care (ICU) settings.

Methods: This study is a randomized, allocation-concealed, parallel group, usual care-controlled, single-blind trial of patient/surrogate dyads in five ICUs in one Midwest, academic medical center.