NICC Journal

31/12/2024

🎉 Happy New Year!

This year, our journal showcased an incredible array of contributions: research articles, reviews, commentaries, case studies & more! With 6 issues, including 4 special focuses & 1 special issue, we continue to drive critical care nursing forward.

Here's to another year of impactful research & innovation in 2025!

27/12/2024

✨ Festive Cheer to Our Incredible Nurses! ✨

Here's to a New Year filled with hope, happiness, and well-deserved recognition for all you do.

From all of us to you, Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year! 🩺


BACCN British Association of Critical Care Nurses

25/12/2024

The experiences of and with support through interprofessional in the intensive care unit

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes the need for radical approaches in its Global Patient Safety Action Plan, particularly in terms of interprofessional and multidisciplinary a...

22/12/2024

This -analysis reveals an overall 15% prevalence rate of among patients in departments.

Background Delirium is a common acute mental disorder, and its adverse outcomes often cause distress to both patients and their families. Despite its prevalence in patients treated in emergency depa...

21/12/2024

A national survey of current practice on patients with long term and additional needs in paediatric intensive care units.

Background Patients with long term and additional needs (LEAP) in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) are a growing and heterogenous cohort that provide unique challenges to clinicians. Currentl...

21/12/2024

Effect of early mobilization on the development of pneumonia in patients with traumatic brain injury in the neurosurgical intensive care unit

Background Pneumonia has a high incidence in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients and lacks effective treatments. Early mobilization (EM) may be a potentially effective treatment. Aim To explore ...

20/12/2024

Restrained patients tended to have higher morbidity and mortality during ICU and hospital stays, as well as a greater tendency for agitation events and more severe agitation scores, with an increased need for in-hospital anti-psychotic treatment.

Background Physical restraint of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) has an estimated prevalence of 50%. Many medical centres do not have specific protocols for physical restraint, and the decis...

19/12/2024

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This descriptive study suggests that the high inter-shift recovery and compassion competence levels of intensive care nurses are positively associated with their caring behaviours.

Background No previous study has examined the direct effect of occupational fatigue, inter-shift recovery and compassion competence on caring behaviours, including assurance, knowledge-skill, respec...

18/12/2024

This study explored the incidence impact of re-deployment to cover workforce shortages in the registered paediatric critical care nursing workforce.

Background Re-deployment of medical, nursing and Allied Health Professional workforce became a more prevalent feature in filling workforce gaps during the Covid-19 pandemic; however, very little evi...

17/12/2024

This study investigated the prevalence and clinical significance of in patients with acute syndrome admitted to the intensive care unit.

Background Delirium, which is prevalent in critical care settings, remains underexplored in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU). Aim To investigate the...

16/12/2024

This study described the experiences of adult patients during night-time sleep in the

Background The quality of the sleep in the intensive care unit (ICU) is generally poor. It is known that several factors contribute to this situation. Aim To describe the experiences of adult pati...

14/12/2024

This mixed-method study explored the relationship between frailty and fear of death in geriatric patients admitted to critical care units.

Background Frailty, a geriatric syndrome characterized by decreased resilience, is a known risk factor for mortality in critical care settings and can significantly impact a patient's perception of ...

14/12/2024

This cross-sectional study explored the incidence impact of re-deployment to cover workforce shortages in the registered paediatric critical care nursing workforce.

Background Re-deployment of medical, nursing and Allied Health Professional workforce became a more prevalent feature in filling workforce gaps during the Covid-19 pandemic; however, very little evi...

14/12/2024

We're delighted to announce that abstracts from this year's BACCN Annual Conference have been published in a special edition of NICC Journal

To view the abstracts, as well as reflections from this year's event, please click here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14785153/2024/29/S1

13/12/2024

📢 Supplementary issue of Nursing in Critical Care , entirely focussed on this year's BACCN British Association of Critical Care Nurses conference in is now available in free full text.
Conference abstracts, reflections, and artwork
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14785153/2024/29/S1

12/12/2024

A flyer with re-orientating messages for of patients with in the intensive care unit

Patients in delirium require trustful communication and re-orientation. We developed a flyer with positive, re-orientating suggestions for families of delirious patients in intensive care units. Sugg...

11/12/2024

This study from Jordon examined the impact of and symptoms on the incidence of among patients undergoing elective

Background Anxiety, depressive symptoms and delirium are common among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Postoperative delirium is associated with diverse negative outc...

10/12/2024

A protocol of a prospective, observational study to evaluate the effect of swimmer position during prone on the onset of brachial plexus injury in patients admitted to for .

Background Prone positioning improves oxygenation in adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and has been extensively applied in intensive care units (ICU) during the COVID-19 pandemi...