AI Article Synopsis
- Post-intensive care syndrome affects over half of critical illness survivors and their caregivers, leading to issues like fatigue, cognitive problems, and mental health disorders.
- ICU nurses play a crucial role in minimizing the risk of this syndrome by implementing effective practices and advocating for necessary expert care.
- The article outlines specific interventions that critical care nurses can use to reduce patients' risk of developing post-intensive care syndrome.
Article Abstract
Topic: Post-intensive care syndrome is a collection of symptoms that more than half of patients who survive a critical illness, and their family caregivers, experience after the illness. Those symptoms include weakness/ fatigue, sleep disturbances/insomnia, cognitive dysfunction, posttraumatic stress disorder, other mental health conditions, and a lack of effective coping strategies.
Clinical Relevance: To minimize the risk of a patient developing post-intensive care syndrome, intensive care unit nurses must adopt practices that reduce the severity of disability and optimize patient outcomes. They must also advocate for patients who need additional expert care.
Purpose: To describe interventions that critical care nurses can implement to minimize a patient's risk for post-intensive care syndrome.
Content Covered: This article describes patients who have a high risk of developing post-intensive care syndrome and interventions that are within nurses' purview.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10350342 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.4037/ccn2022374 | DOI Listing |
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