When it comes down to comfort: Palliative care in the ICUHere's how to address four distressing signs and symptoms many patients with terminal illnesses experience.doi:10.1097/01.CCN.0000351585.43870.d4MAXWELL, TERRI L.POPE, BARBARANursing
The COVID-19 crisis offers an opportunity for reflection on other practices that are common but perhaps not clinically useful, and that reflection must begin with routine laboratory studies. A number of authors have demonstrated that reducing the frequency of laboratory tests in the ICU can be ...
Those “strangers in scrubs” have a lot to teach us about what it means to be the face of hope to people who are going through hard times. I know that you don’t have to be a Christian to be a good doctor or a nurse. But there was a palpable peace in the room during those m...