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The pressure is on in the intensive care unit (ICU). In the ICU, the cardiac monitors constantly beep—beeps that follow you to sleep and invade your dreams. Has my patient’s blood pressure increased ...

Conversations with newly admitted patients and their families about goals of care are designed to provide clarity and align treatment with their preferences, but an inconsistent approach may instead ...

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A north suburban ICU nurse was saved by her own hospital unit when she was nearly killed in a car crash. Four months ago, Christina Riek was going about her normal routine, ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The floor nurse had just told me that my new patient – let’s call her Marie ...

Inside the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Pediatric ICU, nurses meet for their evening shift change, after a day where their patient count more than doubled. “Yesterday we had seven patients and ...

AARP and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses awarded grants to 20 hospitals to expand or launch nurse innovation programs. The groups awarded more than $355,000 to 20 projects offering ...

The Intensive Care Unit of a hospital is a typically scary department with patients often in critical condition. Now, an ICU nurse has answered some common queries about what happens to patients when ...