Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 6-7 , February 2008

Level of knowledge articulated by intensive care nurses and clinical decision-making

  • Dominique M. Vandijck

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Tel.: +32 9 2405047; fax: +32 9 2404995.
  • Stijn I. Blot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    • Department of Healthcare, University College Ghent, Keramiekstraat 80, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    • Tel.: +32 9 2406216; fax: +32 9 2404995.

References 

  1. Blot SI, Labeau SO, Vandijck DM, Van Aken P, Claes B. Evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Intensive Care Med. 2007;33:1463–1467
  2. Dodek P, Keenan S, Cook D, Heyland D, Jacka M, Hand L, et al. Evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:305–313
  3. Labeau SO, Vandijck DM, Claes B, Van Aken P, Blot SI On behalf of the Executive Board of the Flemish Society for Critical Care Nurses. Development and validation of a questionnaire for evaluating critical care nurses’ knowledge about evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Am J Crit Care. 2007;16:372–377
  4. Pirret AM. The level of knowledge of respiratory physiology articulated by intensive care nurses to provide rationale for their clinical decision-making. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2007;23:145–155

PII: S0964-3397(07)00069-9

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.06.005

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 6-7 , February 2008

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