The surgical trauma ICU nurse manager created bereavement boxes of keepsakes to give to families of patients who don’t ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Ashley Zahniser is an ICU nurse within UofL’s trauma center. As an army veteran, former police officer and dispatcher, her goal has always been putting others first. Her ...

Less than a decade ago, CLABSIs were considered the most pervasive of all hospital-associated illnesses (HAIs). Across the United States, 500,000 patients contracted a CLABSI between 1990-2010—an ...

CHICAGO — Two years into the pandemic is taking a major psychological toll on frontline health care workers. One hospital chaplain, who is an Army veteran, says what nurses are saying mirrors what ...

Kallen LeBlanc was on her way to get a snowball in Meaux, a town between Maurice and Abbeville just minutes from her house on July 8, 2023, when she was t-boned and severely injured in a crash. She ...

In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the psychological toll of medical trauma, particularly in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Traditionally, the focus has been on the patient’s ...

Racicot grew up in New Mexico, but San Antonio has been her home base since she was stationed at Fort Sam Houston in 1998. She plans to leave the Army next spring and get a graduate degree in nursing ...

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 ...

A nurse-led family support intervention in ICUs led to a small, but statistically significant, improvement in family satisfaction with care. Satisfaction with involvement in decision-making also ...